Huckster - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈhʌkstər|  American pronunciation of the word huckster
Brit.  |ˈhʌkstə|  British pronunciation of the word huckster

noun

- a seller of shoddy goods
- a person who writes radio or tv advertisements

verb

- sell or offer for sale from place to place (syn: hawk, monger, peddle, pitch, vend)
- wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.) (syn: chaffer, haggle, higgle)

Extra examples

...hucksters outside the auditorium selling everything from key chains to life-size cutouts of the rock star...

I am no huckster, to sell my daughter to the best bidder.

The estates irritated the Prince of Orange by huckstering about subsidies.

Word forms

noun
singular: huckster
plural: hucksters
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