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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024hag•gle /ˈhægəl/USA pronunciation v. [no object], -gled, -gling. - to bargain about the cost of something:The tourists haggled for a better price.
hag•gler /ˈhæglɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hag•gle (hag′əl),USA pronunciation v., -gled, -gling, n. v.i. - to bargain in a petty, quibbling, and often contentious manner:They spent hours haggling over the price of fish.
- to wrangle, dispute, or cavil:The senators haggled interminably over the proposed bill.
v.t. - to mangle in cutting;
hack. - to settle on by haggling.
- [Archaic.]to harass with wrangling or haggling.
n. - the act of haggling;
wrangle or dispute over terms.
- Old Norse hǫggva to hew) + -le
- Middle English haggen to cut, chop (1275–1325
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