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huckster

(hʌkstəʳ)

Word forms: plural hucksters

countable noun

If you refer to someone as a huckster, you are criticizing them for trying to sell useless or worthless things in a dishonest or aggressive way.

[US, disapproval]

A huckster offered to sell Carnegie the formula for guaranteed success for $20,000.

Synonyms: pedlar, barker [informal], saleperson, vendor More Synonyms of huckster

huckster in British English

(ˈhʌkstə)

noun

a person who uses aggressive or questionable methods of selling

2. rare

a person who sells small articles or fruit in the street

3. US

a person who writes for radio or television advertisements

verb

4. (transitive)

to peddle

5. (transitive)

to sell or advertise aggressively or questionably

to haggle (over)

Derived forms

hucksterism (ˈhucksterism)

noun

Word origin

C12: perhaps from Middle Dutch hoekster, from hoeken to carry on the back

huckster in American English

(ˈhʌkstər)

noun

a peddler or hawker of wares, esp. of fruits, vegetables, etc.

an aggressive or haggling merchant, esp. one who uses questionable methods

3. US, Informal

a person engaged in advertising, esp. for the mass media

verb transitive

to peddle or sell

to sell or advertise in an aggressive, questionable way

Derived forms

hucksterism (ˈhucksterˌism)

noun

Word origin

ME hokestere < MDu hoekster < hoeken, to peddle, akin to Ger hökern: see hawker1

Examples of 'huckster' in a sentence
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We prepare by being wise and discerning about the false claims of religious hucksters.The real danger is that people will believe the hucksters and take only things like these.Comets have always offered rich pickings for hucksters.

(noun) in the sense of pedlar

Definition

a person who sells small articles or fruit in the street

A huckster offered to sell him the formula for guaranteed success.

Synonyms

pedlar

barker (informal)

saleperson

vendor

There are over four-hundred street vendors in the capital.

hawker

It was a visitor and not a hawker at the door.

pitchman (US)

Additional synonyms

in the sense of hawker

Definition

a person who travels from place to place selling goods

It was a visitor and not a hawker at the door.

Synonyms

pedlar,

tout,

vendor,

travelling salesman,

crier,

huckster,

barrow boy (British),

door-to-door salesperson,

cheap-jack (informal),

colporteur

in the sense of vendor

Definition

a person who sells goods such as newspapers or hamburgers from a stall or cart

There are over four-hundred street vendors in the capital.

Synonyms

seller,

dealer,

trader,

retailer,

supplier,

merchant,

stockist,

shopkeeper,

hawker,

salesman or woman or person,

shop assistant,

tradesman or woman or person,

pedlar,

shopman or woman or person

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单词	huckster
释义	Trends of huckster View usage for: huckster (hʌkstəʳ) Word forms: plural hucksters countable noun If you refer to someone as a huckster, you are criticizing them for trying to sell useless or worthless things in a dishonest or aggressive way. [US, disapproval] A huckster offered to sell Carnegie the formula for guaranteed success for $20,000. Synonyms: pedlar, barker [informal], saleperson, vendor More Synonyms of huckster huckster in British English (ˈhʌkstə) noun 1. a person who uses aggressive or questionable methods of selling 2. rare a person who sells small articles or fruit in the street 3. US a person who writes for radio or television advertisements verb 4. (transitive) to peddle 5. (transitive) to sell or advertise aggressively or questionably 6. to haggle (over) Derived forms hucksterism (ˈhucksterism) noun Word origin C12: perhaps from Middle Dutch hoekster, from hoeken to carry on the back huckster in American English (ˈhʌkstər) noun 1. a peddler or hawker of wares, esp. of fruits, vegetables, etc. 2. an aggressive or haggling merchant, esp. one who uses questionable methods 3. US, Informal a person engaged in advertising, esp. for the mass media verb transitive 4. to peddle or sell 5. to sell or advertise in an aggressive, questionable way Derived forms hucksterism (ˈhucksterˌism) noun Word origin ME hokestere < MDu hoekster < hoeken, to peddle, akin to Ger hökern: see hawker1 Examples of 'huckster' in a sentence huckster We prepare by being wise and discerning about the false claims of religious hucksters. Christianity Today (2000) The real danger is that people will believe the hucksters and take only things like these. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Comets have always offered rich pickings for hucksters. Times, Sunday Times (2014) (noun) in the sense of pedlar Definition a person who sells small articles or fruit in the street A huckster offered to sell him the formula for guaranteed success. Synonyms pedlar barker (informal) saleperson vendor There are over four-hundred street vendors in the capital. hawker It was a visitor and not a hawker at the door. pitchman (US) Additional synonyms in the sense of hawker Definition a person who travels from place to place selling goods It was a visitor and not a hawker at the door. Synonyms pedlar, tout, vendor, travelling salesman, crier, huckster, barrow boy (British), door-to-door salesperson, cheap-jack (informal), colporteur in the sense of vendor Definition a person who sells goods such as newspapers or hamburgers from a stall or cart There are over four-hundred street vendors in the capital. Synonyms seller, dealer, trader, retailer, supplier, merchant, stockist, shopkeeper, hawker, salesman or woman or person, shop assistant, tradesman or woman or person, pedlar, shopman or woman or person Nearby words of huckster hub hubbub hubris huckster huddle hue hue and cry Synonyms of 'huckster' huckster Explore 'huckster' in the dictionary
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