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haffling

haffling is the present participle and gerund 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 haffling

What is haffling the present participle and gerund of?
Haffling is the present participle and gerund of haffle.

Words near haffling in the dictionary

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

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