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Definition of Higgle
1. Verb. Wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.). "Sam wants to higgle with Sue "; "Let's not haggle over a few dollars"
Specialized synonyms: Bargain Down, Beat Down
Generic synonyms: Bargain, Dicker
Derivative terms: Haggle, Haggler, Haggling, Huckster
Definition of Higgle
1. v. i. To hawk or peddle provisions.
Definition of Higgle
1. Verb. (archaic) To hawk or peddle provisions. ¹
2. Verb. (archaic) To wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Higgle
1. to haggle [v -GLED, -GLING, -GLES] - See also: haggle
Medical Definition of Higgle
1. 1. To hawk or peddle provisions. 2. To chaffer; to stickle for small advantages in buying and selling; to haggle. "A person accustomed to higgle about taps." (Jeffry) "To truck and higgle for a private good." (Emerson) Origin: Cf. Haggle, or Huckster. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Higgle
Literary usage of Higgle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Universal Etymological English Dictionary: Containing an Additional ...by Nathan Bailey by Nathan Bailey (1737)
"... or (higgle about, to ¡o u¡ of the way, to walk or travel in «ten Places, or
without having fixed ..."
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