Lexic.us

Definition of Haggle

1. Noun. An instance of intense argument (as in bargaining).

2. Verb. Wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.). "Sam wants to haggle with Sue "; "Let's not haggle over a few dollars"

Definition of Haggle

1. v. t. To cut roughly or hack; to cut into small pieces; to notch or cut in an unskillful manner; to make rough or mangle by cutting; as, a boy haggles a stick of wood.

2. v. i. To be difficult in bargaining; to stick at small matters; to chaffer; to higgle.

3. n. The act or process of haggling.

Definition of Haggle

1. Verb. (intransitive) To argue for a better deal, especially over prices with a seller. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To hack (cut crudely) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Haggle

1. to bargain [v -GLED, -GLING, -GLES] - See also: bargain

Medical Definition of Haggle

1. To be difficult in bargaining; to stick at small matters; to chaffer; to higgle. "Royalty and science never haggled about the value of blood." (Walpole) To cut roughly or hack; to cut into small pieces; to notch or cut in an unskillful manner; to make rough or mangle by cutting; as, a boy haggles a stick of wood. "Suffolk first died, and York, all haggled o'er, Comes to him, where in gore he lay insteeped." (Shak) Origin: Freq. Of Scot. Hag, E. Hack. See Hack to cut. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Haggle

haggadot haggadoth haggard haggardly haggardness haggardnesses haggards hagged haggertyite haggertyites

hagging haggis haggises haggish haggishly haggle (current term) haggled haggler hagglers haggles

haggling haggs hagiarchies hagiarchy hagiocracies hagiocracy hagiographa hagiographal hagiographer hagiographers

Literary usage of Haggle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"haggle ;2). to be slow in making a bargain. (E.'1 In Cotgrave, sv harceler. ... It is probably the same word as haggle ,i . ..."

2. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1862)
"... to haggle, bungle; ... See haggle. Hark, Hearken, Hist. To hark, to whisper.—Jam. ON. hark, Bohem. hrk, noise, ..."

3. A Dictionary: English and Burmese by Charles Lane (1841)
"... coo>ii(r$68cooo haggle, t>. a., ... to mangle, haggle, vn to be tedious in a bar- gain, ..."

4. Report of the Joint Committee of the Senate and Assembly of the State of New by Edwin A. Merritt, Edwin A. Merritt, Jr (1911)
"Q. Did you haggle with him, or argue with him in regard to the amount to be paid ? A. I never did. Q. Don't you consider that if a representative of your ..."

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