Higgle — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/hˈoʊstɛsᵻz/

🇬🇧British English

/hˈɪɡəl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/hˈɪɡəl/

1 syllable Say it as /hˈoʊstɛsᵻz/.

Examples

Let's not haggle over a few dollars

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

chaffer haggle huckster

Parts of Speech

verb	wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.) “Let's not haggle over a few dollars”

Word Forms

haggler	noun	an intense bargainer
haggling	noun	an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)
haggle	noun	an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)
huckster	noun	a seller of shoddy goods

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

hoch

Streit (über einen Preis, Bedingungen einer Vereinbarung usw.)

🇫🇷French

se débattre

dispute (sur un prix, les termes d'un accord, etc.)

🇪🇸Spanish

regatear

Disputa (sobre un precio, términos de un acuerdo, etc.)

🇮🇹Italian

contrattare

disputa (sul prezzo, sui termini di un accordo, ecc.)

🇳🇱Dutch

giechelen

ruzie maken (over een prijs, voorwaarden van een overeenkomst, enz.)

🇵🇹Portuguese

pechinchar

disputa (sobre um preço, termos de um acordo, etc.)

🇷🇺Russian

хихикать

спор (по поводу цены, условий договора и т.п.)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

मोल-भाव करना

तकरार (कीमत, समझौते की शर्तों आदि को लेकर)

🇧🇩Bengali

হিগল

ঝগড়া (মূল্য নিয়ে, চুক্তির শর্তাবলী ইত্যাদি)

🇮🇳Tamil

ஹிக்கிள்

சண்டை (விலை, ஒப்பந்தத்தின் விதிமுறைகள் போன்றவை)

🇮🇳Telugu

హిగిల్

తగాదా (ధరపై, ఒప్పందం యొక్క నిబంధనలు మొదలైనవి)

🇮🇳Marathi

हिगल

भांडण (किंमत, कराराच्या अटी इ.)

🇮🇳Gujarati

હિગલ

ઝઘડો (કિંમત પર, કરારની શરતો, વગેરે)

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹಿಗ್ಗು

ಜಗಳ (ಬೆಲೆಯ ಮೇಲೆ, ಒಪ್ಪಂದದ ನಿಯಮಗಳು, ಇತ್ಯಾದಿ)

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഹിഗിൾ

തർക്കം (വില, കരാറിൻ്റെ നിബന്ധനകൾ മുതലായവ)

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਹਿਗਲ

ਝਗੜਾ (ਕੀਮਤ ਨੂੰ ਲੈ ਕੇ, ਸਮਝੌਤੇ ਦੀਆਂ ਸ਼ਰਤਾਂ, ਆਦਿ)

🇵🇰Urdu

ہلچل

جھگڑا (قیمت پر، معاہدے کی شرائط وغیرہ)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

希格尔

争论（关于价格、协议条款等）

🇯🇵Japanese

ハイグル

（価格や契約条件などをめぐって）口論する

🇰🇷Korean

히글

(가격, 계약 조건 등을 놓고) 논쟁을 벌이다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

cười khúc khích

tranh cãi (về giá cả, các điều khoản của thỏa thuận, v.v.)

🇹🇭Thai

หัวเราะคิกคัก

การทะเลาะวิวาท (เรื่องราคา เงื่อนไขของข้อตกลง ฯลฯ)

🇮🇩Indonesian

cekikikan

pertengkaran (tentang harga, ketentuan perjanjian, dll.)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

هغل

الخلاف (على السعر، وشروط الاتفاقية، وما إلى ذلك)

🇮🇷Persian

هیگل کردن

مشاجره (بر سر قیمت، شرایط توافق، و غیره)

🇮🇱Hebrew

לצחקק

ריב (על מחיר, תנאי הסכם וכו')

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What is the primary definition of the word 'higgle'?

The primary meaning of 'higgle' is 'wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)'.

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Using 'higgle' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

In which domain is the word 'higgle' most likely to appear as standard vocabulary?

'higgle' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.

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