higgle

American  

[hig-uhl] / ˈhɪg əl /

verb (used without object)

higgled, higgling

1. to bargain, especially in a petty way; haggle.

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higgle British  

/ ˈhɪɡəl /

verb

1. a less common word for haggle

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Other Word Forms

• higgler noun

Etymology

Origin of higgle

First recorded in 1625–35; apparently variant of haggle

Example Sentences

I knew my master had fallen into despair when he took the herdsmen’s first offer without so much as a higgling nudge or a haggling speech.

From Literature

“With the short funds proposed, we shall fall miserably short,” Jefferson said, accusing legislators of “higgling” and failing to recognize “that knowledge is power.”

From Washington Post

There, forgetting the scenes he had just left, he would stand in the cold or rain, higgling with the butcher for a shilling.

From Project Gutenberg

Come, Rouse; I sold fifty strake of barley to-day in half this time; but you will higgle and higgle for a penny more than the commodity is worth.

From Project Gutenberg

Melina had taken up his quarters in the inn where Philina staid, and he very soon began a system of cheapening and higgling.

From Project Gutenberg