chaffer, v.
(chaffered, chaffering, chaffers)
(chaffered, chaffering, chaffers)
talk socially without exchanging too much information
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
chaffer chat chatter chew the fat chit-chat chitchat claver confab confabulate gossip jaw natter shoot the breeze visit
sample sentences
"the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"verb frames
Somebody ----sSam and Sue %s
Sam wants to %s with Sue
verb frames
Somebody ----sSam and Sue %s
Sam wants to %s with Sue
verb frames
Somebody ----sverb frames
Somebody ----sSam and Sue %s
Sam cannot %s Sue
verb frames
Somebody ----sverb frames
Somebody ----sverb frames
Somebody ----sverb frames
Somebody ----sverb frames
Somebody ----sSam and Sue %s
Sam wants to %s with Sue
verb frames
Somebody ----sverb frames
Somebody ----sverb frames
Somebody ----sverb frames
Somebody ----sverb frames
Somebody ----s
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym
wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)
<verb.possession> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
chaffer haggle higgle huckster
sample sentences
"Let's not haggle over a few dollars"verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s PP
Sam and Sue %s
Sam wants to %s with Sue
verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s PP
Sam and Sue %s
Sam wants to %s with Sue
verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s PP
The glass tubes %s
Sam wants to %s with Sue
verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s PP
lexical pointers
derivationally related form