haggle, haggling, wrangle, wrangling
(noun) an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
haggling
present participle of haggle
haggling (plural hagglings)
The act of one who haggles.
Source: Wiktionary
Hag"gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Haggled; p. pr. & vb. n. Haggling.] Etym: [Freq. of Scot. hag, E. hack. See Hack to cut.]
Definition: To cut roughly or hack; to cut into small pieces; to notch or cut in an unskillful manner; to make rough or mangle by cutting; as, a boy haggles a stick of wood. Suffolk first died, and York, all haggled o'er, Comes to him, where in gore he lay insteeped. Shak.
Hag"gle, v. i.
Definition: To be difficult in bargaining; to stick at small matters; to chaffer; to higgle. Royalty and science never haggled about the value of blood. Walpole.
Hag"gle, n.
Definition: The act or process of haggling. Carlyle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 May 2025
(adjective) marked by columniation having free columns in porticoes either at both ends or at both sides of a structure
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