"haffle" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: haffles [present, singular, third-person], haffling [participle, present], haffled [participle, past], haffled [past]
Etymology: Compare German haften (“to cling, stick to; (dialect) to stop, stammer”). Etymology templates: {{cog|de|haften||to cling, stick to; (dialect) to stop, stammer}} German haften (“to cling, stick to; (dialect) to stop, stammer”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} haffle (third-person singular simple present haffles, present participle haffling, simple past and past participle haffled)
  1. (UK, dialect) To stammer; to speak unintelligibly; to prevaricate. Tags: UK, dialectal Categories (topical): Talking

Inflected forms

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