Definition of dicker in English:

dicker

verbˈdɪkəˈdɪkər

[no object]North American

1Engage in petty argument or bargaining.
小吵小闹；讨价还价
Sam advised him not to dicker over the extra fee
Example sentencesExamples
- His arrogance and ineptitude were on fine display Tuesday, when he dickered over the word torture.
- They would spend their time dickering over how to get more of their expenses cleared.
- She studies up on car prices and features before she starts dickering to buy an automobile.
- The new audience would be all of those who have ever figured they were getting screwed when they tried to argue for a raise, dicker with cantankerous suppliers, sell a used car, or buy a new house.
- It reminded me of Florence in August, the big central maidan, or square, crammed with rug and souvenir shops whose owners were busily dickering with foreign tourists.
- But the plan has stalled as Morocco and Polisario dicker over who is eligible to vote in the referendum.
- ‘Let's not dicker over minor issues,’ says Prof. Zhang Yansheng of Beijing's Central University of Finance and Economics.
- I don't know, but I do have a prediction: the parties will continue dickering until the last possible moment.
- What are the criteria that enables you to see over the horizon whether this customer's still worth dickering with?
- If the price is $30, and Coburn wants to pay $25, she will offer $20, allowing room for dickering.
- But for the last six months there has been no county counsel, as the board dickers over whom to hire for the job.
- He sits in Beane's office as the GM dickers over trades with opposing team officials.
- We're willing to do that once, because, except for a few economists, no one really wants to keep dickering over each new sliver of value.
- By dickering over what constitutes a strong enough tradition of openness, the courts were able to turn what should have been an objective, or at least fact-based, inquiry into a subjective, opinion-based one.
- In Simms's world, there is no reason anymore for shoppers to visit a classic used-car lot, where they might see a selection of 150 or so cars that forces them to figure out what comes closest to their desires - and then to dicker over price.
- They dicker and dicker and do everything they can to avoid paying for it.
- What ‘buyers are liars’ means for you as a seller is that the family that spends a lot of time dickering may never end up making a written offer.
- I'll only mention briefly the fact that other Remote Viewers who have applied for the prize, all backed out, some after several years of dickering over details of the protocol.
- Reaching out to touch her collar, he smiled; ‘And what do you think this trader you're going to dicker with is going to think when you walk in wearing this?’
- I don't want to dicker so I'm fine with the offer, which is about $20K less than the asking price.
Synonyms
haggle, barter, negotiate, discuss terms, hold talks, deal, wheel and deal, trade, traffic
2Toy or fiddle with.
the company was still dickering with its pricing schedule
Example sentencesExamples
- My most successful project has been dickering with the random search device at my place of work.
- So you can, you know, dicker around with it, which the Republicans love to do, but the reality is things are better.
- For my money, the whole point of making/charging the sigil is to dicker around with one's subconscious mind, and thus dicker around with causality.
- Nobody dickered with it, she had to find the best cameraman she could, to get a print as clean and as fresh as that.

Derivatives

dickerer

noun

North American

Days before the Conference met last week, Ottawa swarmed with lobbyists and dickerers from all parts of the Empire and the world.
Example sentencesExamples
- His picture of God as a cosmic dickerer purposely makes God petty and foolish, so much so that we scornfully, angrily reject it.

Origin

Early 19th century (originally US): perhaps from obsolete dicker 'set of ten (hides'), used as a unit of trade, based on Latin decem 'ten'.

Rhymes

bicker, clicker, flicker, kicker, liquor, nicker, picker, pricker, shicker, slicker, snicker, sticker, ticker, tricker, vicar, whicker, Wicca, wicker

Definition of dicker in US English:

dicker

verbˈdɪkərˈdikər

[no object]North American

1Engage in petty argument or bargaining.
小吵小闹；讨价还价
she advised him not to dicker over the extra fee
Example sentencesExamples
- I don't know, but I do have a prediction: the parties will continue dickering until the last possible moment.
- ‘Let's not dicker over minor issues,’ says Prof. Zhang Yansheng of Beijing's Central University of Finance and Economics.
- What ‘buyers are liars’ means for you as a seller is that the family that spends a lot of time dickering may never end up making a written offer.
- They dicker and dicker and do everything they can to avoid paying for it.
- But the plan has stalled as Morocco and Polisario dicker over who is eligible to vote in the referendum.
- Reaching out to touch her collar, he smiled; ‘And what do you think this trader you're going to dicker with is going to think when you walk in wearing this?’
- What are the criteria that enables you to see over the horizon whether this customer's still worth dickering with?
- They would spend their time dickering over how to get more of their expenses cleared.
- I don't want to dicker so I'm fine with the offer, which is about $20K less than the asking price.
- I'll only mention briefly the fact that other Remote Viewers who have applied for the prize, all backed out, some after several years of dickering over details of the protocol.
- In Simms's world, there is no reason anymore for shoppers to visit a classic used-car lot, where they might see a selection of 150 or so cars that forces them to figure out what comes closest to their desires - and then to dicker over price.
- But for the last six months there has been no county counsel, as the board dickers over whom to hire for the job.
- By dickering over what constitutes a strong enough tradition of openness, the courts were able to turn what should have been an objective, or at least fact-based, inquiry into a subjective, opinion-based one.
- His arrogance and ineptitude were on fine display Tuesday, when he dickered over the word torture.
- She studies up on car prices and features before she starts dickering to buy an automobile.
- If the price is $30, and Coburn wants to pay $25, she will offer $20, allowing room for dickering.
- The new audience would be all of those who have ever figured they were getting screwed when they tried to argue for a raise, dicker with cantankerous suppliers, sell a used car, or buy a new house.
- He sits in Beane's office as the GM dickers over trades with opposing team officials.
- It reminded me of Florence in August, the big central maidan, or square, crammed with rug and souvenir shops whose owners were busily dickering with foreign tourists.
- We're willing to do that once, because, except for a few economists, no one really wants to keep dickering over each new sliver of value.
Synonyms
haggle, barter, negotiate, discuss terms, hold talks, deal, wheel and deal, trade, traffic
2Treat something casually or irresponsibly; toy with something.
敷衍；玩弄
there was no dickering with the lyrics
对诗歌是不能敷衍了事的。
Example sentencesExamples
- So you can, you know, dicker around with it, which the Republicans love to do, but the reality is things are better.
- For my money, the whole point of making/charging the sigil is to dicker around with one's subconscious mind, and thus dicker around with causality.
- My most successful project has been dickering with the random search device at my place of work.
- Nobody dickered with it, she had to find the best cameraman she could, to get a print as clean and as fresh as that.

Origin

Early 19th century (originally US): perhaps from obsolete dicker ‘set of ten (hides’), used as a unit of trade, based on Latin decem ‘ten’.

单词	dicker
释义	Definition of dicker in English: dicker verbˈdɪkəˈdɪkər [no object]North American 1Engage in petty argument or bargaining. 小吵小闹；讨价还价 Sam advised him not to dicker over the extra fee Example sentencesExamples His arrogance and ineptitude were on fine display Tuesday, when he dickered over the word torture. They would spend their time dickering over how to get more of their expenses cleared. She studies up on car prices and features before she starts dickering to buy an automobile. The new audience would be all of those who have ever figured they were getting screwed when they tried to argue for a raise, dicker with cantankerous suppliers, sell a used car, or buy a new house. It reminded me of Florence in August, the big central maidan, or square, crammed with rug and souvenir shops whose owners were busily dickering with foreign tourists. But the plan has stalled as Morocco and Polisario dicker over who is eligible to vote in the referendum. ‘Let's not dicker over minor issues,’ says Prof. Zhang Yansheng of Beijing's Central University of Finance and Economics. I don't know, but I do have a prediction: the parties will continue dickering until the last possible moment. What are the criteria that enables you to see over the horizon whether this customer's still worth dickering with? If the price is $30, and Coburn wants to pay $25, she will offer $20, allowing room for dickering. But for the last six months there has been no county counsel, as the board dickers over whom to hire for the job. He sits in Beane's office as the GM dickers over trades with opposing team officials. We're willing to do that once, because, except for a few economists, no one really wants to keep dickering over each new sliver of value. By dickering over what constitutes a strong enough tradition of openness, the courts were able to turn what should have been an objective, or at least fact-based, inquiry into a subjective, opinion-based one. In Simms's world, there is no reason anymore for shoppers to visit a classic used-car lot, where they might see a selection of 150 or so cars that forces them to figure out what comes closest to their desires - and then to dicker over price. They dicker and dicker and do everything they can to avoid paying for it. What ‘buyers are liars’ means for you as a seller is that the family that spends a lot of time dickering may never end up making a written offer. I'll only mention briefly the fact that other Remote Viewers who have applied for the prize, all backed out, some after several years of dickering over details of the protocol. Reaching out to touch her collar, he smiled; ‘And what do you think this trader you're going to dicker with is going to think when you walk in wearing this?’ I don't want to dicker so I'm fine with the offer, which is about $20K less than the asking price. Synonyms haggle, barter, negotiate, discuss terms, hold talks, deal, wheel and deal, trade, traffic 2Toy or fiddle with. the company was still dickering with its pricing schedule Example sentencesExamples My most successful project has been dickering with the random search device at my place of work. So you can, you know, dicker around with it, which the Republicans love to do, but the reality is things are better. For my money, the whole point of making/charging the sigil is to dicker around with one's subconscious mind, and thus dicker around with causality. Nobody dickered with it, she had to find the best cameraman she could, to get a print as clean and as fresh as that. Derivatives dickerer noun North American Days before the Conference met last week, Ottawa swarmed with lobbyists and dickerers from all parts of the Empire and the world. Example sentencesExamples His picture of God as a cosmic dickerer purposely makes God petty and foolish, so much so that we scornfully, angrily reject it. Origin Early 19th century (originally US): perhaps from obsolete dicker 'set of ten (hides'), used as a unit of trade, based on Latin decem 'ten'. Rhymes bicker, clicker, flicker, kicker, liquor, nicker, picker, pricker, shicker, slicker, snicker, sticker, ticker, tricker, vicar, whicker, Wicca, wicker Definition of dicker in US English: dicker verbˈdɪkərˈdikər [no object]North American 1Engage in petty argument or bargaining. 小吵小闹；讨价还价 she advised him not to dicker over the extra fee Example sentencesExamples I don't know, but I do have a prediction: the parties will continue dickering until the last possible moment. ‘Let's not dicker over minor issues,’ says Prof. Zhang Yansheng of Beijing's Central University of Finance and Economics. What ‘buyers are liars’ means for you as a seller is that the family that spends a lot of time dickering may never end up making a written offer. They dicker and dicker and do everything they can to avoid paying for it. But the plan has stalled as Morocco and Polisario dicker over who is eligible to vote in the referendum. Reaching out to touch her collar, he smiled; ‘And what do you think this trader you're going to dicker with is going to think when you walk in wearing this?’ What are the criteria that enables you to see over the horizon whether this customer's still worth dickering with? They would spend their time dickering over how to get more of their expenses cleared. I don't want to dicker so I'm fine with the offer, which is about $20K less than the asking price. I'll only mention briefly the fact that other Remote Viewers who have applied for the prize, all backed out, some after several years of dickering over details of the protocol. In Simms's world, there is no reason anymore for shoppers to visit a classic used-car lot, where they might see a selection of 150 or so cars that forces them to figure out what comes closest to their desires - and then to dicker over price. But for the last six months there has been no county counsel, as the board dickers over whom to hire for the job. By dickering over what constitutes a strong enough tradition of openness, the courts were able to turn what should have been an objective, or at least fact-based, inquiry into a subjective, opinion-based one. His arrogance and ineptitude were on fine display Tuesday, when he dickered over the word torture. She studies up on car prices and features before she starts dickering to buy an automobile. If the price is $30, and Coburn wants to pay $25, she will offer $20, allowing room for dickering. The new audience would be all of those who have ever figured they were getting screwed when they tried to argue for a raise, dicker with cantankerous suppliers, sell a used car, or buy a new house. He sits in Beane's office as the GM dickers over trades with opposing team officials. It reminded me of Florence in August, the big central maidan, or square, crammed with rug and souvenir shops whose owners were busily dickering with foreign tourists. We're willing to do that once, because, except for a few economists, no one really wants to keep dickering over each new sliver of value. Synonyms haggle, barter, negotiate, discuss terms, hold talks, deal, wheel and deal, trade, traffic 2Treat something casually or irresponsibly; toy with something. 敷衍；玩弄 there was no dickering with the lyrics 对诗歌是不能敷衍了事的。 Example sentencesExamples So you can, you know, dicker around with it, which the Republicans love to do, but the reality is things are better. For my money, the whole point of making/charging the sigil is to dicker around with one's subconscious mind, and thus dicker around with causality. My most successful project has been dickering with the random search device at my place of work. Nobody dickered with it, she had to find the best cameraman she could, to get a print as clean and as fresh as that. Origin Early 19th century (originally US): perhaps from obsolete dicker ‘set of ten (hides’), used as a unit of trade, based on Latin decem ‘ten’.
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