dicker
verb (used without object)
to deal, swap, or trade with petty bargaining; bargain; haggle.
dickered
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past participleof dicker.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof dicker.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
dickerverb (used without object)to deal, swap, or trade with petty bargaining; bargain; haggle.
Example Sentences
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But the deadline elapsed while U.S. and Russian diplomats dickered over the terms.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 20, 2016
Dag Hammarskjold dickered endlessly with the Congo's erratic politicians.
From Time Magazine Archive
The U.S., which had 40 negotiators working in relays, dickered for lower duties abroad on U.S. tobacco, foodstuffs and autos.
From Time Magazine Archive
Diem agreed to all this as he dickered by telephone with the rebel leaders outside.
From Time Magazine Archive
Home folks were not buying; the rescued European nations forgot, as usual, their benefactor and dickered for meager supplies of meats and grains at other marts.
From David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story by George S. Harney
