spruik

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /spɹuːk/

Verb

spruik (spruiks, present participle spruiking; past and past participle spruiked)

1. (transitive, Australia) To promote a thing or idea to another person.
   • 1948, Louis Esson, Louis Esson and the Australian Theatre, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Yj9EAAAAIAAJ&q=%22spruik%22|%22spruiks%22|%22spruiked%22|%22spruiking%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22spruik%22|%22spruiks%22|%22spruiked%22|%22spruiking%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=zfWI4-C5N0&sig=tbQ97duN2iddpqWoesxK-Gcb-04&hl=en&sa=X&ei=gZ5hUIKuKOmhigfYtIC4CQ&redir_esc=y page 18],

     There was no spruiking or showmanship, no flash shirts or ten-gallon hats.

   • 2008 December 30, Lennon spruiks laptop 28 years after his death, The Sydney Morning Herald.
   • 2011, Kylie Ofiu, Work as a spruiker, 365 Ways to Make Money, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=CbUHVBfJTkUC&pg=PA120&lpg=PA120&dq=%22spruik%22|%22spruiks%22|%22spruiked%22|%22spruiking%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=ef5jE-DfG6&sig=5STmm2DjlcS07R7ay48HoL37W5M&hl=en&sa=X&ei=r5phUJCbH5CXiQeRooHwDg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22spruik%22|%22spruiks%22|%22spruiked%22|%22spruiking%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 120],

     It can be a hard job, constantly on your feet, trying to think of things to say to lure people into the store you are spruiking for.

Synonyms

• (promote something to someone) pimp, pitch, tout, hawk

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