huckster
Pronunciation
  • (GA) IPA: /ˈhʌkstɚ/
Noun

huckster (plural hucksters)

  1. A peddler or hawker, who sells small items, either door-to-door, from a stall or in the street.
  2. Somebody who sell#Verb|sells things in an aggressive#Adjective|aggressive or showy#Adjective|showy manner.
  3. One who deceptively#Adverb|deceptively sells fraudulent#Adjective|fraudulent product#Noun|products.
  4. Somebody who writes advertisement#Noun|advertisements for radio or television.
  5. A mean#Adjective|mean, deceptive#Adjective|deceptive person.
    • Instead of turning to me and keeping to the works of charity and justice, he is a mere heathen huckster.
Translations Translations Verb

huckster (hucksters, present participle huckstering; past and past participle huckstered)

  1. (intransitive) To haggle, to wrangle, or to bargain.
  2. (transitive) To sell or offer goods from place to place, to peddle.
  3. (transitive) To promote or sell goods in an aggressive, showy manner.



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