'Huckster' definitions:
Definition of 'huckster'
From: WordNet
noun
A seller of shoddy goods [syn: huckster, cheap-jack]
noun
A person who writes radio or tv advertisements
verb
verb
Definition of 'Huckster'
From: GCIDE
- Huckster \Huck"ster\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Huckstered; p. pr. & vb. n. Huckstering.] To deal in small articles, or in petty bargains. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Huckster'
From: GCIDE
- Huckster \Huck"ster\, n. [OE. hukstere, hukster, OD. heukster, D. heuker; akin to D. huiken to stoop, bend, OD. huycken, huken, G. hocken, to squat, Icel. h?ka; -- the peddler being named from his stooping under the load on his back. Cf. Hawk to offer for sale.]
- 1. A retailer of small articles, of provisions, and the like; a peddler; a hawker. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A mean, trickish fellow. --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'huckster'
From: 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