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haffled

haffled is the simple past and past participle of haffle.

Meaning of haffle

Verb

haffle (third-person singular simple present haffles, present participle haffling, simple past and past participle haffled)

  1. (UK, dialectal) To stammer; to speak unintelligibly; to prevaricate.
    • the clergy were haffling and timid1840, James Everett, Wesleyan Takings

Questions about haffled

What is haffled the simple past and past participle of?
Haffled is the simple past and past participle of haffle.

Words near haffled in the dictionary

  1. Haffeys
  2. haffit
  3. haffits
  4. Haffkinized
  5. haffle
  6. haffled
  7. haffles
  8. haffling
  9. Haffner
  10. Haffners
  11. Hafford

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