English verb: chaffer | |||
1. | chaffer (possession) wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.) | ||
Samples | Let's not haggle over a few dollars. | ||
Examples | The glass tubes chaffer, Sam wants to chaffer with Sue | ||
Synonyms | haggle, higgle, huckster | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bargain, dicker | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bargain down, beat down | ||
2. | chaffer (communication) talk socially without exchanging too much information | ||
Samples | The men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze. | ||
Synonyms | chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | converse, discourse | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | jawbone, schmoose, schmooze, shmoose, shmooze | ||