haggle
haggle Lexical Profile
haggle Game Scores & Validity
• verb
To dispute or bargain persistently, especially over the cost of something or the terms of a transaction.
"Tourists at the open-air market often haggle with local merchants to get a fairer price on handmade rugs."
To cut, hack, or mangle roughly and unevenly (archaic or dialectal).
"The dull blade merely haggled the thick rope instead of slicing cleanly through it."
• noun
An instance or period of persistent bargaining or wrangling over the price of something or the terms of an agreement.
"After a brief, good-natured haggle with the vendor, we bought the antique brass lamp for half the original asking price."
• Rhymes for haggle
Word Origin & Etymology
Originating in the late 16th century as a frequentative form of the Scots and northern English verb 'hag' (meaning 'to chop' or 'to hack'), which derived from Old Norse 'hǫggva'. The sense shifted from literally mangling or chopping awkwardly to figuratively wrangling over a price.
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