Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to argle-bargle
Participle: argle-bargled
Gerund: argle-bargling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | argle-bargle |
| you | argle-bargle |
| he;she;it | argle-bargles |
| we | argle-bargle |
| you | argle-bargle |
| they | argle-bargle |
Perfect
| I | have argle-bargled |
| you | have argle-bargled |
| he;she;it | has argle-bargled |
| we | have argle-bargled |
| you | have argle-bargled |
| they | have argle-bargled |
Past
| I | argle-bargled |
| you | argle-bargled |
| he;she;it | argle-bargled |
| we | argle-bargled |
| you | argle-bargled |
| they | argle-bargled |
Pluperfect
| I | had argle-bargled |
| you | had argle-bargled |
| he;she;it | had argle-bargled |
| we | had argle-bargled |
| you | had argle-bargled |
| they | had argle-bargled |
Future
| I | will argle-bargle |
| you | will argle-bargle |
| he;she;it | will argle-bargle |
| we | will argle-bargle |
| you | will argle-bargle |
| they | will argle-bargle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have argle-bargled |
| you | will have argle-bargled |
| he;she;it | will have argle-bargled |
| we | will have argle-bargled |
| you | will have argle-bargled |
| they | will have argle-bargled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | argle-bargle |
| you | argle-bargle |
| he;she;it | argle-bargle |
| we | argle-bargle |
| you | argle-bargle |
| they | argle-bargle |
Perfect
| I | have argle-bargled |
| you | have argle-bargled |
| he;she;it | have argle-bargled |
| we | have argle-bargled |
| you | have argle-bargled |
| they | have argle-bargled |
Imperfect
| I | argle-bargled |
| you | argle-bargled |
| he;she;it | argle-bargled |
| we | argle-bargled |
| you | argle-bargled |
| they | argle-bargled |
Pluperfect
| I | had argle-bargled |
| you | had argle-bargled |
| he;she;it | had argle-bargled |
| we | had argle-bargled |
| you | had argle-bargled |
| they | had argle-bargled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would argle-bargle |
| you | would argle-bargle |
| he;she;it | would argle-bargle |
| we | would argle-bargle |
| you | would argle-bargle |
| they | would argle-bargle |
Perfect
| I | would have argle-bargled |
| you | would have argle-bargled |
| he;she;it | would have argle-bargled |
| we | would have argle-bargled |
| you | would have argle-bargled |
| they | would have argle-bargled |
Imperative
| you | argle-bargle |
| we | Let's argle-bargle |
| you | argle-bargle |
Verbs conjugated like 'argle-bargle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'argle-bargle'
argy-bargy,
higgle-haggle,
mingle-mangle,
argentate,
embarge,
gargle,
pre-charge,
precharge,
razzle-dazzle,
re-enlarge,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
First documented in English in 1822, from Scots (where first recorded in 1808), from earlier argle (“argue obstinately, wrangle”) used in English since 16th century, presumably from argue + -le (frequentative suffix), though possibly from Old Norse (Suio-Gothic) ierga – possibly influenced by haggle – plus rhyming reduplication, possibly from bargain, found in early variant aurgle-bargain (1720).
Sample Sentences
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Last night ye haggled and argle-bargled like an apple-wife; and then passed me your word, and gave me your hand to back it; and ye ken very well what was the upshot. Be damned to your word! [1886 May 1 – July 31, Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Captain Knuckles Under”, in Kidnapped, being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: […], London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 1886, →OCLC, page 97:]