huckster meaning

huckster as a noun

1. a seller of shoddy goods

   Synonyms: cheap-jack

   Type of: seller

2. a person who writes radio or tv advertisements

   Type of: advertiser

huckster as a verb

1. sell or offer for sale from place to place

   Synonyms: peddle, monger, hawk, vend, pitch

   Type of: deal

2. wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)
   • Let's not haggle over a few dollars

   Synonyms: haggle, higgle, chaffer

   Type of: dicker

   Kinds: beat down

huckster in a sentence

• Another huckster trying to sell snake oil again.
• My great-great-grandfather was a huckster.

How to pronounce huckster

huckster is pronounced /ˈhʌkstɚ/ in American English. It has 2 syllables, with the stress on the first syllable.