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huck·ster  (hkstr)

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 engage in haggling.

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[Middle English, probably of Low German origin; akin to Middle Dutch hokester.]

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huckster·ism n.

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huckster [ˈhʌkstə]

n

1. (Business / Commerce) a person who uses aggressive or questionable methods of selling

2. (Business / Commerce) Now rare a person who sells small articles or fruit in the street

3. (Communication Arts / Broadcasting) US a person who writes for radio or television advertisements

vb

1. (tr) to peddle

2. (Business / Commerce) (tr) to sell or advertise aggressively or questionably

3. to haggle (over)

[perhaps from Middle Dutch hoekster, from hoeken to carry on the back]

hucksterism  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	huckster - a seller of shoddy goods cheap-jack marketer, seller, trafficker, vender, vendor - someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money
	2.	huckster - a person who writes radio or tv advertisements adman, advertiser, advertizer - someone whose business is advertising
Verb	1.	huckster - sell or offer for sale from place to place hawk, monger, peddle, vend, pitch sell, trade, deal - do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes"
	2.	huckster - wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); "Let's not haggle over a few dollars" chaffer, haggle, higgle bargain down, beat down - persuade the seller to accept a lower price; "She beat the merchant down $100" bargain, dicker - negotiate the terms of an exchange; "We bargained for a beautiful rug in the bazaar"

Translations

huckster [ˈhʌkstəʳ] N (US) → vendedor m ambulante, buhonero m

huckster [ˈhʌkstə^r] n (US) → mercanti m

huckster

n

(= hawker) → Straßenhändler(in) m(f)

(US inf) → Reklamefritze m (inf)