Chaf″fer, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Chaffered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Chaffering.] [OE. chaffaren, fr. chaffare, chapfare, cheapfare, a bargaining. See Chaffer, n.]
1. To treat or dispute about a purchase; to bargain; to haggle or higgle; to negotiate.
To chaffer for preferments with his gold.
Dryden.
2. To talk much and idly; to chatter. Trench.