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- [huhk-ster]
- /ˈhʌk stər/
- /ˈhʌk.stər/
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- [huhk-ster]
- /ˈhʌk stər/
Definitions of huckster word
- noun huckster a retailer of small articles, especially a peddler of fruits and vegetables; hawker. 1
- noun huckster a person who employs showy methods to effect a sale, win votes, etc.: the crass methods of political hucksters. 1
- noun huckster a cheaply mercenary person. 1
- noun huckster Informal. a persuasive and aggressive salesperson. a person who works in the advertising industry, especially one who prepares aggressive advertising for radio and television. 1
- noun huckster A person who sells small items, either door-to-door or from a stall or small store. 1
- noun huckster salesperson 1
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Origin of huckster
First appearance:
before 1150 One of the 7% oldest English words
1150-1200; Middle English huccstere (perhaps cognate with Middle Dutch hokester), equivalent to hucc- haggle (cognate with dialectal German hucken to huckster) + -stere -ster
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Parts of speech for Huckster
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
huckster popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for huckster
noun huckster
- salesperson — a person who sells goods, services, etc.
- hawker — a person who offers goods for sale by shouting his or her wares in the street or going from door to door; peddler.
- seller — a person who sells; salesperson or vender.
- costermonger — a person who sells fruit, vegetables, etc, from a barrow
- colporteur — a hawker of books, esp bibles
verb huckster
- hawking — to make an effort to raise phlegm from the throat; clear the throat noisily.
- dicker — If you say that people are dickering about something, you mean that they are arguing or disagreeing about it, often in a way that you think is foolish or unnecessary.
- chaffer — to haggle or bargain
- peddle — to carry (small articles, goods, wares, etc.) from place to place for sale at retail; hawk.
- bummed — depressed, upset, distressed, annoyed, etc.
Top questions with huckster
- what is a huckster?
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