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hondel

/ˈhɒndəl/

hondel verb: to bargain; to haggle.

Verb

hondel (third-person singular simple present hondels, present participle (US) hondeling or (UK) hondelling, simple past and past participle (US) hondeled or (UK) hondelled)

  1. (intransitive) To bargain; to haggle.
    • It's the clanging of cash registers, the banging of beads, hawking, hondelling and the hooting of horns.1977, Janet Kaplan and Judy Stacey Goldman, The Underground Jerusalem Guide, Keter Pub. House
    • Some might call it religious hondeling, but Rabbi Rosenbaum finds himself doing just that, and more often than he cares to admit.2000, Paul Wilkes, And They Shall Be My People: An American Rabbi and His Congregation, Grove Press, page 135

hondel meaning in Bengali

hondel in Bengali

দরদাম করা, দরাদরি করা

Examples of hondel in a sentence

  • The Rabbi began to hondel with God, like Abraham, only in reverse.2002, Zalman Velvel, What is a Jew?:
  • And I'll turn the offer down because it's a boss's kid, which Vince will understand: then we'll get down to the real hondeling.2007, Don Winslow, The Winter of Frankie Machine, Vintage Books, page 53:

Forms of hondel

third-person singular presenthondels
present participle UShondeling
present participle UKhondelling
past participle UShondeled
past UShondeled
past participle UKhondelled
past UKhondelled

Origin of hondel

From Yiddish האַנדלען (handlen, “to trade”), from German handeln. Doublet of handle.

Questions about hondel

What does hondel mean?
Hondel means to bargain; to haggle.
What is hondel in Bengali?
Hondel in Bengali is দরদাম করা, দরাদরি করা. See Hondel meaning in Bengali.
How do you use hondel in a sentence?
The Rabbi began to hondel with God, like Abraham, only in reverse.
What part of speech is hondel?
Hondel is a verb.
How do you pronounce hondel?
Hondel is pronounced /ˈhɒndəl/.
What is the past tense of hondel?
The past tense of hondel is hondeled.

Words near hondel in the dictionary

  1. honda knots
  2. Hondagua
  3. Hondarribia
  4. hondas
  5. honde
  6. hondel
  7. hondeled
  8. hondeling
  9. hondelled
  10. hondelling
  11. hondels

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