higgle

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: hig=gle

CIDE DICTIONARY

higgle, v. i. [Cf. Haggle, or Huckster.].

•  To hawk or peddle provisions.  [1913 Webster]
•  To chaffer; to stickle for small advantages in buying and selling; to haggle.  [1913 Webster]

  "A person accustomed to higgle about taps."  [1913 Webster]

  "To truck and higgle for a private good."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

higgle, v.intr. dispute about terms; haggle.

Etymology

var. of HAGGLE

ROGET THESAURUS

higgle

Barter

VB barter, exchange, swap, swop, truck, scorse, interchange, commutate, compound for, trade, traffic, buy and sell, give and take, nundinate, carry on a trade, ply a trade, drive a trade, be in business, be in the city, keep a shop, deal in, employ one's capital in, trade with, deal with, have dealings with, transact business with, do business with, open an account with, keep an account with, bargain, drive a bargain, make a bargain, negotiate, bid for, haggle, higgle, dicker, chaffer, huckster, cheapen, beat down, stickle, stickle for, out bid, under bid, ask, charge, strike a bargain, speculate, give a sprat to catch a herring, buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest market, buy low and sell high, corner the market, rig the market, stag the market.