haggling

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haggling - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Haggle \Hag"gle\ (h[a^]g"g'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Haggled
     (-g'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Haggling (-gl[i^]ng).] [Freq. of
     Scot. hag, E. hack. See Hack to cut.]
     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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Suffolk first died, and York, all haggled o'er,
           Comes to him, where in gore he lay insteeped. --Shak.
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haggling - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  haggling
      n 1: an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining) [syn:
           haggle, haggling, wrangle, wrangling]