English Dictionary

haggle

/ˈhæɡəl/

verb

(intransitive) To argue for a better deal, especially over prices with a seller. / (transitive) To hack (cut crudely) / To stick at small matters; to chaffer; to higgle.

I always haggle with street vendors to get a lower price.

意味（1）

(intransitive) To argue for a better deal, especially over prices with a seller.

‘I am pretty useless at haggling. Haggling means asking the seller to sell stuff below the asking price.’

意味（2）

(transitive) To hack (cut crudely)

Suffolk first died, and York, all haggled o'er, / Comes to him, where in gore he lay insteeped.

意味（3）

To stick at small matters; to chaffer; to higgle.

Royalty and science never haggled about the value of blood.