1. (v. i.) To haggle.

2. (v. i.) To act in insincere or deceitful manner; to play false; to equivocate; to shift; to dodge; to trifle.

3. (v. i.) To babble; to chatter.

4. (v. t.) To trifle with; to waste; to squander in paltry ways or on worthless things.

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