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higgle

/ˈhɪɡəl/

higgle verb: to hawk or peddle provisions.

Verb

higgle (third-person singular simple present higgles, present participle higgling, simple past and past participle higgled)

  1. (archaic) To hawk or peddle provisions.
  2. (archaic) To wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); to haggle.
    • The genius of a people vvhere nothing but the monarchy is ſalique, having ceded this department, vvith ſundry others, totally to the vvomen—by a continual higgling vvith cuſtomers of all ranks and ſizes from morning to night, like ſo many rough pebbles ſhook long together in a bag, by amicable...1768, Mr. Yorick [pseudonym; Laurence Sterne], “The Husband. Paris.”, in A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy, volume I, London: […] T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, […], →OCLC, pages 171–172
    • to truck and higgle for a private good1841, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Compensation

higgle meaning in Tamil

higgle in Tamil

பேரச் சச்சரவு செய்

Synonyms of higgle

Forms of higgle

third-person singular presenthiggles
present participlehiggling
past participlehiggled
pasthiggled

Origin of higgle

Probably an alteration of haggle.

Words formed from higgle

Words that rhyme with higgle

Questions about higgle

What does higgle mean?
Higgle means to hawk or peddle provisions.
What is higgle in Tamil?
Higgle in Tamil is பேரச் சச்சரவு செய். See Higgle meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is higgle?
Higgle is a verb.
How do you pronounce higgle?
Higgle is pronounced /ˈhɪɡəl/.
What is the past tense of higgle?
The past tense of higgle is higgled.

Words near higgle in the dictionary

  1. Higgins boats
  2. higginsite
  3. Higginsites
  4. Higginson
  5. Higgitt
  6. higgle
  7. higgle-haggle
  8. higgle-haggled
  9. higgle-haggles
  10. higgle-haggling
  11. higgled

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: higgle (page history and authors); higgle (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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