huckster

Definition of Huckster in English :

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Noun

1. cheap-jack, huckster

a seller of shoddy goods

cheap-jack

2. huckster

a person who writes radio or tv advertisements

Verb

3. hawk, huckster, monger, peddle, pitch, vend

sell or offer for sale from place to place

4. chaffer, haggle, higgle, huckster

wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)

Example Sentences:
'Let's not haggle over a few dollars'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Huckster

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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)

Huckster

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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

Huckster

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n.

1. One who sells wares or provisions in the street; a peddler or hawker.

2. One who uses aggressive, showy, and sometimes devious methods to promote or sell a product.

3. Informal One who writes advertising copy, especially for radio or television.

v. huck·stered, huck·ster·ing, huck·sters

v.tr.

1. To sell; peddle.

2. To promote or attempt to sell (a commercial product, for example) in an overaggressive or showy manner.

3. To haggle over; deal in.

v.intr.

To sell or promote something.

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