dicker
verb (used without object)
to deal, swap, or trade with petty bargaining; bargain; haggle.
is dickering
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present progressiveof dicker (3rd person singular).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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It is dickering on a $100 million deal with Lockheed for 1957 delivery of 25 new 1449-model Constellations fitted with four 5,500-h.p.
From Time Magazine Archive
Olin is dickering to take over phosphatemaker Blockson Chemical Co.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ferkauf is also eager to get into the Common Market and is dickering for outlets in Western Europe.
From Time Magazine Archive
New Zealand has quietly signed a deal to sell 500 tons of butter to Russia, and is dickering to ship even larger quantities of meat to Poland.
From Time Magazine Archive
So you're the man the Chamber of Commerce is dickering with....
From Murder at Bridge by Anne Austin
