Verb: chaffer cha-fu(r)
- Wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)
"Let's not chaffer over a few dollars";
- haggle, higgle [archaic], huckster [N. Amer]
- Talk socially without exchanging too much information
"the men were sitting in the cafe and chaffering";
- chew the fat [informal], shoot the breeze [N. Amer, informal], chat, confabulate, confab [informal], chitchat [informal], chit-chat [informal], chatter, natter [informal], gossip, jaw [informal], claver [UK, dialect], visit [N. Amer, informal], gas [informal], chew the rag [informal], gab [informal], chinwag [Brit, informal]
Derived forms: chaffers, chaffering, chaffered
Type of: bargain, converse, dicker [N. Amer], discourse
Encyclopedia: Chaffer