huckster as a noun: - 1
- 2
as a verb: - 1
- 2
huckster
noun
1 huckster
A seller of shoddy goods.
synonym: cheap-jack.
Roget 797:
merchant,
trader,
dealer,
monger,
chandler,
salesman;
changer;
regrater†;
shopkeeper,
shopman†;
tradesman,
tradespeople,
tradesfolk.
retailer;
chapman,
hawker,
huckster,
higgler†;
pedlar,
colporteur,
cadger,
Autolycus†;
sutler†,
vivandiere†;
costerman†,
costermonger†;
tallyman;
camelot;
faker;
vintner.
money broker,
money changer,
money lender;
cambist†,
usurer,
moneyer†,
banker.
jobber;
broker
etc.
(agent)
758;
buyer
etc.
795;
seller
etc.
796;
bear,
bull.
concern;
firm
etc.
(partnership)
712.
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Polish: tandeciarz
2 huckster
A person who writes radio or tv advertisements.
verb
1 huckster
Sell or offer for sale from place to place.
synonyms: hawk, monger, peddle, pitch, vend.
Dutch: tappen, dealen, aan de deur verkopen, colporteren, leuren, uitventen, venten
2 huckster
Wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.).
synonyms: chaffer, haggle, higgle.
Roget 794:
barter,
exchange,
swap,
swop†,
truck,
scorse†;
interchange
etc.
148;
commutate
etc.
(substitute)
147;
compound for.
trade,
traffic,
buy and sell,
give and take,
nundinate†;
carry on a trade,
ply a trade,
drive a trade;
be in business,
be in the city;
keep a shop,
deal in,
employ one's capital in.
trade with,
deal with,
have dealings with;
transact business with,
do business with;
open an account with,
keep an account with.
bargain;
drive a bargain,
make a bargain;
negotiate,
bid for;
haggle,
higgle†;
dicker [U.S.];
chaffer,
huckster,
cheapen,
beat down;
stickle,
stickle for;
out bid,
under bid;
ask,
charge;
strike a bargain
etc.
(contract)
769.
speculate,
give a sprat to catch a herring;
buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest market,
buy low and sell high;
corner the market;
rig the market,
stag the market.
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Dutch: afdingen, afpingelen, dingen, knibbelen, marchanderen, pingelen
Moby thesaurus: arab, bargain, beat down, bid, bid for, cadger, chaffer, chapman, cheap-jack, cheap-john, cheapen, cheapjack, colporteur, coster, costermonger, dicker, dispense, drive a bargain, duffer, haggle, hawk, hawker, higgle, higgler, jew down, monger, negotiate, outbid, palter, peddle, peddler, sidewalk salesman, underbid, vend, vendor ... show more.
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