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单词 higgle
释义

higgle

English

Etymology

Probably an alteration of haggle.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɪɡəl/

Verb

higgle (third-person singular simple present higgles, present participle higgling, simple past and past participle higgled)

  1. (archaic) To hawk or peddle provisions.
  2. (archaic) To wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); to haggle.
    • 1841, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Compensation
      to truck and higgle for a private good

Synonyms

  • haggle, wrangle, chaffer, huckster.

References

  • higgle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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