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dicker
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
dicker
(verb)
dicker
/
ˈ
dɪkɚ/
verb
dickers
;
dickered
;
dickering
dicker
/
ˈ
dɪkɚ/
verb
dickers
;
dickered
;
dickering
Britannica Dictionary definition of DICKER
[
no object
]
chiefly US
:
to talk or argue with someone about the conditions of a purchase, agreement, or contract
I tried to
dicker
for a discounted price.
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often +
with
or
over
I don't have time to
dicker with
you.
They spent hours
dickering
[=
haggling
]
over
the car's price.
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