chaffer

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) To haggle or barter.
2. (transitive) To buy.
3. To talk much and idly; to chatter.

Noun

1. (uncountable) bargaining; merchandise
2. (countable, obsolete, slang) A person's mouth.

Noun

1. The upper sieve of a cleaning shoe in a combine harvester, where chaff is removed
2. A person who or thing that chaffs.

Synonyms

haggle

chitchat

chat

confab

natter

chatter

bargain

claver

confabulate

gossip

higgle

huckster

jaw

visit

beat down

shoot the breeze

chew the fat

shmoose

palter

schmooze

schmoose

haggling

witter

bargaining

dicker

gab

gabble

chit-chat

shmooze

bargain down

Translations

mercanteggiare

bater papo

çekişmek

ciarlare

çekişme

pazarlık

bavarder

Feilschen

papoter

chipoter

barganhar

garlar

🧇

تتذبذب بسرعة

تصطك

دردش

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtʃæfə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: chaffare

In summary

From Middle English chaffare (“bargain, trade”, noun), equivalent to cheap + fare.