huckster

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noun

huck·ster ˈhək-stər

Synonyms of huckster next

: hawker, peddler

especially : one who sells or advertises something in an aggressive, dishonest, or annoying way

: one who produces promotional material for commercial clients especially for radio or television

hucksterism

ˈhək-stə-ˌri-zəm

noun

huckster

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verb

huckstered; huckstering ˈhək-st(ə-)riŋ

intransitive verb

: haggle

transitive verb

: to deal in or bargain over

: to promote aggressively

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

There’s nothing new about the insistence of anti-vaxxers and other cranks and hucksters that public debates are all that’s needed to establish the truth. —

Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2023 Two days before shooting begins, Reiner is called in to play Arkin’s character, a seasoned huckster named Saul. —

CNN, 8 Mar. 2022 With cheeky editing and winking chyrons, the director is very transparent in his awareness that his star is a huckster. —

Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 May 2023 The show’s theme is California agriculture, its biblical title framing the Golden State as part fertile and utopian paradise, part huckster marketing dystopia. —

Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2023 Justice rained out across this great nation, as the rule of law was finally restored and America sent a stern rebuke to hucksters and charlatans everywhere: Gwyneth Paltrow won her ski lawsuit. —

Vulture, 31 Mar. 2023 In playing socialite huckster Anna Delvey, Garner had to perfect a bizarre, one-of-a-kind accent while playing a character whose demeanor is more or less bored psychopath. —

Michael Schneider, Variety, 14 Aug. 2022 For the new teammates, going after the crypto hucksters is the route to big recoveries. —

Lucy Brewster, Fortune, 8 May 2023 Looking like a cross between Albert Einstein and a carnival huckster, Vonnegut had his contradictions on full display. —

Susan Farrell, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2023 See More

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