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HIGGLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does higgle mean? 

HIGGLE (verb)
  The verb HIGGLE has 1 sense:

1. wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)play

  Familiarity information: HIGGLE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HIGGLE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they higgle  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it higgles  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: higgled  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: higgled  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: higgling  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

chaffer; haggle; higgle; huckster

Context example:

Let's not haggle over a few dollars

Hypernyms (to "higgle" is one way to...):

bargain; dicker (negotiate the terms of an exchange)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "higgle"):

bargain down; beat down (persuade the seller to accept a lower price)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence examples:

Sam and Sue higgle
Sam wants to higgle with Sue


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