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huckster

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noun

huck·​ster ˈhək-stər How to pronounce huckster (audio)
1
: hawker, peddler
especially : one who sells or advertises something in an aggressive, dishonest, or annoying way
2
: one who produces promotional material for commercial clients especially for radio or television
hucksterism noun

huckster

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verb

huckstered; huckstering ˈhək-st(ə-)riŋ How to pronounce huckster (audio)

transitive verb

1
: to deal in or bargain over
2
: to promote aggressively

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Huckster comes from the Dutch noun hokester and verb hoeken, which means "to peddle."

Synonyms

Example Sentences

Noun hucksters outside the auditorium selling everything from key chains to life-size cutouts of the performers
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
But six seasons later, creators Peter Gould and Vince Gilligan have the last laugh, after transforming the huckster comic relief of one of the all-time-great TV dramas into a prestige series that stands toe to toe with its predecessor. Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2022 Luhrmann seems more interested in the huckster than in the artist. New York Times, 23 June 2022 Traveling huckster Hill, newly arrived in River City, Iowa, is selling his con — a kids’ band — by disparaging the game of pool. Celia Wren, Washington Post, 1 July 2022 Sonny Barger, the bigger-than-life godfather of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, equal parts brawler, bully, braggart, rule breaker and shrewd huckster of his own outlaw mystique, has died at 83. Paul W. Valentine, Anchorage Daily News, 30 June 2022 Sonny Barger, the bigger-than-life godfather of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, equal parts brawler, bully, braggart, rule breaker and shrewd huckster of his own outlaw mystique, has died at 83. Paul W. Valentine, Washington Post, 30 June 2022 He was called a showman, a huckster, a one-man publicity machine, a sham crusader addicted to putting himself in the spotlight. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 23 June 2022 Trump remains not only an e-mail-fund-raising huckster but also the subject of historical inquiry. Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 16 June 2022 Seehorn, as the equally complicated Kim, a budding lawyer who managed to escape her past as the daughter of a huckster — only to wind up being married to another. Michael Schneider, Variety, 16 June 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English hukster, from Middle Dutch hokester, from hoeken to peddle

First Known Use

Noun

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1592, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

Time Traveler
The first known use of huckster was in the 13th century

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