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.
huckstering
Moby thesaurus: aggrandizement, amplification, ballyhoo, big talk, blowing up, burlesque, caricature, consumer preference study, consumer research, consumer survey, dilatation, dilation, direct-mail selling, enhancement, enlargement, exaggerating, exaggeration, excess, exorbitance, expansion, extravagance, extreme, grandiloquence, hard sell, hawking, heightening, high-pressure salesmanship, hyperbole, hyperbolism, inflation, inordinacy, jobbing, low-pressure salesmanship, magnification, mail-order selling, market research, marketing, marketing research, merchandising, overemphasis, overestimation, overkill, overstatement, peddling, prodigality, profuseness, promotion, puffery, puffing up, retailing, sales campaign, sales promotion, salesmanship, selling, sellout, sensationalism, soft sell, stretching, superlative, tall talk, touting, travesty, wholesaling ... show more.
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