hucksterish

huck·ster

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [huhk-ster]
- /ˈhʌk stər/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [huhk-ster]
- /ˈhʌk stər/

Definitions of hucksterish word

noun hucksterish a retailer of small articles, especially a peddler of fruits and vegetables; hawker. 1
noun hucksterish a person who employs showy methods to effect a sale, win votes, etc.: the crass methods of political hucksters. 1
noun hucksterish a cheaply mercenary person. 1
noun hucksterish 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
adjective hucksterish Like a huckster in some way; showy, fraudulent, etc. 0

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Origin of hucksterish

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 Hucksterish

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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hucksterish 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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