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DICKER

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Dictionary entry overview: What does dicker mean?

• DICKER (verb)
The verb DICKER has 1 sense:

1. negotiate the terms of an exchange

Familiarity information: DICKER used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• DICKER (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Negotiate the terms of an exchange

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

bargain; dicker

Context example:

We bargained for a beautiful rug in the bazaar

Hypernyms (to "dicker" is one way to...):

negociate; negotiate; talk terms (discuss the terms of an arrangement)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dicker"):

chaffer; haggle; higgle; huckster (wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence examples:

Sam and Sue dicker
Sam wants to dicker with Sue

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