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Haggled vs Waggled - What's the difference?

haggled | waggled |

As verbs the difference between haggled and waggled

is that haggled is (haggle) while waggled is (waggle).

haggled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (haggle)

    • haggle

    English

    Verb

  • To argue for a better deal, especially over prices with a seller.
    • I haggled for a better price because the original price was too high.
  • To hack (cut crudely)
  • * Shakespeare
    • Suffolk first died, and York, all haggled o'er, / Comes to him, where in gore he lay insteeped.
  • * 1884 : (Mark Twain), (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn), Chapter VIII
    • I catched a catfish and haggled him open with my saw, and towards sundown I started my camp fire and had supper. Then I set out a line to catch some fish for breakfast.
  • To stick at small matters; to chaffer; to higgle.
  • * Walpole
    • Royalty and science never haggled about the value of blood.

    Synonyms

    * (to argue for a better deal) wrangle

    Derived terms

    * haggler

    See also

    * (l)

    waggled

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (waggle)

    • waggle

    English

    Verb

    (waggl)
  • To move (something) with short, quick motions; to wobble.
  • * 1908:
    • The Mole waggled his toes from sheer happiness, spread his chest with a sigh of full contentment, and leaned back blissfully into the soft cushions.
  • To reel, sway, or move from side to side; to move with a wagging motion; to waddle.
  • * L'Estrange
    • Why do you go nodding and waggling so?

    Derived terms

    * joystick waggler * waggle dance * waggly * waggler * woggle

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a wobbling motion
    • English frequentative verbs