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HUCKSTER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A seller of shoddy goods

Synonyms:

cheap-jack; huckster

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("huckster" is a kind of...):

marketer; seller; trafficker; vender; vendor (someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money)

Derivation:

huckster (wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.))

huckster (sell or offer for sale from place to place)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A person who writes radio or tv advertisements

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("huckster" is a kind of...):

adman; advertiser; advertizer (someone whose business is advertising)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)

Example:

Let's not haggle over a few dollars

Synonyms:

chaffer; haggle; higgle; huckster

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "huckster" is one way to...):

bargain; dicker (negotiate the terms of an exchange)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "huckster"):

bargain down; beat down (persuade the seller to accept a lower price)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

huckster (a seller of shoddy goods)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Sell or offer for sale from place to place

Synonyms:

hawk; huckster; monger; peddle; pitch; vend

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "huckster" is one way to...):

deal; sell; trade (do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence examples:

Sam and Sue huckster

Sam wants to huckster with Sue

Derivation:

huckster (a seller of shoddy goods)

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