higgle

[ hig-uhl ]

verb (used without object)

, hig·gled, hig·gling.

1. to bargain, especially in a petty way; haggle.

higgle

/ ˈhɪɡəl /

verb

1. a less common word for haggle

Derived Forms

• ˈhiggler, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of higgle¹

First recorded in 1625–35; apparently variant of haggle

Example Sentences

I knew my master had fallen into despair when he took the herdsmen’s first offer without so much as a higgling nudge or a haggling speech.

From Literature

“With the short funds proposed, we shall fall miserably short,” Jefferson said, accusing legislators of “higgling” and failing to recognize “that knowledge is power.”

From Washington Post

There, forgetting the scenes he had just left, he would stand in the cold or rain, higgling with the butcher for a shilling.

From Project Gutenberg

How heartless the Chinese, who, before they save a drowning man, first higgle about the reward, and take pleasure in pestilence, famine, etc., because those who survive profit by them.

From Project Gutenberg

We offered large ransom, and after some higgling they agreed that three of our number might be released, but one must remain as a hostage; and I was pointed out as the one.

From Project Gutenberg