dicker
verb (used without object)
to deal, swap, or trade with petty bargaining; bargain; haggle.
dickers
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present tense formof dicker (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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As the U.S. dickers over decontamination—not to mention reparations or reconciliation—organizers in Palomares promise openness and honesty, despite all the commercial advantages of keeping quiet.
From Time ● Jan. 16, 2015
Kassem has prudently allowed the foreign oil company to continue production, thus assuring himself of a continuing income while he dickers for help in getting his own company on its feet.
From Time Magazine Archive
But Secretary Knox disclosed a promising advance: the pooling of Army-Navy procurement facilities, so that only one service dickers with each of the major aircraft and engine companies.
From Time Magazine Archive
Perkins says in his office as the city council dickers over his recommendation to find somewhere other than city property to plant Forrest.
From Time Magazine Archive
I gathered that the heft of his spare change had come from dickers in stocks and bonds.
From The Depot Master by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
