Noun: huckster húk-stur
Usage: N. Amer
Usage: N. Amer
Usage: N. Amer
- A seller of shoddy goods
"The huckster's wares fell apart after just a few uses";
- cheap-jack [N. Amer, informal]
- A person who writes radio or tv advertisements
"The huckster crafted catchy jingles for the new product line"
Usage: N. Amer
- Sell or offer for sale from place to place
"He huckstered magazines door to door";
- peddle, monger, hawk, vend, pitch
- Wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)
"They huckstered over the car price for hours";
- haggle, higgle [archaic], chaffer
Derived forms: huckstered, huckstering, hucksters
Type of: adman [informal], advertiser, advertizer [US, non-standard], bargain, deal, dicker [N. Amer], marketeer, marketer, sell, seller, trade, trafficker, vender, vendor
Encyclopedia: Huckster