: one that barks
especially
: a person who advertises by hawking at an entrance to a show
: one that removes or prepares bark
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Timothy Crouse, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2025
But just down the 5 Freeway in Anaheim, the home of Disney, the hottest ticket in baseball this weekend belongs to a stilted pitcher, juggling infielders and a yellow-suited, top hat-wearing carnival barker.
—Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2025
Americans are very familiar with Trump’s exaggerated self-presentation: the carnival barker who leaps to superlatives.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 1 Mar. 2025
His skills as a reality television barker are justly touted.
—Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Noun
Besides being a barker, Kapralik has been: a radio actor; Vice-President of Columbia Records in charge of A&R; the manager of the Sparrow (who later became Steppenwolf) and of Dino Valente; fired by CBS and later reinstated as head of A&R at Epic.
—Timothy Crouse, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2025
But just down the 5 Freeway in Anaheim, the home of Disney, the hottest ticket in baseball this weekend belongs to a stilted pitcher, juggling infielders and a yellow-suited, top hat-wearing carnival barker.
—Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2025
Americans are very familiar with Trump’s exaggerated self-presentation: the carnival barker who leaps to superlatives.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 1 Mar. 2025
His skills as a reality television barker are justly touted.
—Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Barker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barker. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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