See Also: haggle(medicine)
Haggle(money)
haggle(dictionary)
haggle(dictionary)

haggle (iou)



haggle verb & noun. L16.
[formed as HAG verb1 + -LE3. Cf. HACKLE verb1.]
A. verb.
verb trans. & intrans. Hack or mangle (something) with repeated irregular or clumsy cuts. Now chiefly Scot. & dial. L16.
Shakespeare Henry V Suffolk first died; and York, all haggled over, comes to him.
verb intrans. Advance with difficulty, struggle forward. Now chiefly Scot. L16.
verb intrans. Dispute or wrangle over a price, deal, etc. (Foll. by about, over.) E17.
E. Amadi The wives of rich politicians..hardly bothered to haggle over prices.
b. verb trans. Harass or weary (as) with haggling. Now dial. M17.
b. noun. A dispute, a wrangle. M19.
B. Chatwin No one could be fiercer in a haggle over stock-prices.