Thesaurus: haggle

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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.
4. n. an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)
5. v. wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)
6. 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. 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. The act or process of haggling. Carlyle.
7. To cut roughly or hack; to cut into small pieces; to notch orcut 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, wherein gore he lay insteeped. Shak.
8. n:5/v:95 n. an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining) v. wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)