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higgling

higgling is the present participle and gerund of higgle.

Meaning of higgle

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

Noun

higgling (plural higglings)

  1. haggling

Forms of higgling

pluralhigglings

Questions about higgling

What does higgling mean?
Higgling means haggling.
What is higgling the present participle and gerund of?
Higgling is the present participle and gerund of higgle.
What part of speech is higgling?
Higgling is a noun.
What is the plural of higgling?
The plural of higgling is higglings.

Words near higgling in the dictionary

  1. higgledypiggledy
  2. higgler
  3. higglers
  4. higglery
  5. higgles
  6. higgling
  7. higglings
  8. Higgon
  9. Higgs
  10. Higgs bison
  11. Higgs boson

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