higgle Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)
    chaffer; haggle; huckster.
    • Let's not haggle over a few dollars

WordNet


Hig"gle intransitive verb
Etymology
Cf. Haggle, or Huckster.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Higgled ; present participle & verbal noun Higgling
Definitions
  1. To hawk or peddle provisions.
  2. To chaffer; to stickle for small advantages in buying and selling; to haggle.
    A person accustomed to higgle about taps. Jeffry.
    To truck and higgle for a private good. Emerson.

Webster 1913