dicker
verb (used without object)
to deal, swap, or trade with petty bargaining; bargain; haggle.
are dickering
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present progressiveof dicker.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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While revelers cavort in colorful joy, their hosts are dickering over profits, festival names and even the ingredients of the powders they sell.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2013
Iowa City, San Jose, Calif, and Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Some big-city museums which did not hear of the show till it arrived are dickering for it too.
From Time Magazine Archive
Homestead's success has encouraged other investors to plan a resort near Gatlinburg, Tenn. The investors are dickering with Larchmont Engineering, Lexington, Mass., the largest manufacturer of snow makers, for machines.
From Time Magazine Archive
For one thing, they are dickering for a lot more rack space in the nation's supermarkets.
From Time Magazine Archive
France will have its Decca stations in a month, and both Italy and Spain are dickering for their own installations.
From Time Magazine Archive
