higgle

hig·gle

H h

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [hig-uh l]
- /ˈhɪg əl/
- /ˈhɪɡl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hig-uh l]
- /ˈhɪg əl/

Definitions of higgle word

verb without object higgle to bargain, especially in a petty way; haggle. 1
noun higgle (archaic) To hawk or peddle provisions. 1
abbreviation HIGGLE haggle 0
verb higgle (archaic) To wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.). 0

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Origin of higgle

First appearance:

before 1625

One of the 42% oldest English words

First recorded in 1625-35; apparently variant of haggle

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Parts of speech for Higgle

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Higgle

higgle popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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