Haggle meaning
The definition of a haggle is an act of bargaining, or arguing about price.
An example of haggle is a situation where the cost of a pair of shoes were bargained down from $100 to $50.
noun
Haggle is defined as to bargain on a price, or to hack at something.
An example of haggle is to get the sales price reduced on a house.
An example of haggle is to chop down a bush by chopping at its base with a shovel.
verb
To bargain, as over the price of something; dicker.
verb
To argue in an attempt to come to terms.
verb
To cut (something) in a crude, unskillful manner; hack.
verb
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To harass or worry by wrangling.
verb
An instance of bargaining or arguing.
noun
To argue about terms, price, etc.; bargain; wrangle.
verb
The act of haggling.
noun
To stick at small matters; to chaffer; to higgle.
verb
Origin of haggle
haggle (v.) 1570s, "to cut unevenly" (implied in haggler), frequentative of haggen "to chop" (see hack (v.1)). Sense of "argue about price" first recorded c.1600, probably from notion of chopping away. Related: Haggled; haggling. Source: