huckster

noun

ˈhək-stər How to pronounce huckster (audio)
Definition of hucksternext
as in vendor
one who sells things outdoors hucksters outside the auditorium selling everything from key chains to life-size cutouts of the performers

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Recent Examples of huckster This place is a huckster’s dream. — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026 Del Toro was such an amiable huckster. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025 Yet many mysteries remain, and plenty of myths and pseudoscientific claims surrounding the brain are still out there — many based on either misunderstandings of the empirical data or the misleading promises of hucksters. — Kevin Dickinson, Big Think, 19 Sep. 2025 While the real-life Warrens undoubtedly were hucksters and snake-oil salesmen, the fictional ones are an intensely likable couple whose love for each other is far firmer than the veil between the living and the dead. — Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for huckster
Recent Examples of Synonyms for huckster
  1. vendor
  2. seller
  3. peddler
  4. merchant
  5. hawker
  6. dealer
Noun
  • The narrow streets around the sultan’s palace are filled with backpackers, street vendors, tour guides hawking their services, and office workers popping out for a coffee amid the madness.
    — Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Dozens of vendors and exhibitors from three continents will be at the Huntington’s Brody Botanical Center all weekend displaying and selling hundreds of exotic orchids.
    — Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of vendor
Noun
  • These incentives typically include mortgage rate buy-downs, or sellers agreeing to pay for repairs.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026
  • One of the brand’s best-sellers, the boot retails for 489 Australian dollars or $344 at current exchange.
    — Patty Huntington, Footwear News, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of seller
Noun
  • But at each step, the NCAA fought reform through lobbying and influence peddlers focusing more on its finances than the well-being of athletes.
    — U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Hartford Courant, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Find a souvenir in the high-end boutiques on Montana Avenue, the independent shops and vintage stores along Main Street or the brand-name peddlers at Santa Monica Place.
    — Carrie Bell, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of peddler
Noun
  • Mackler said cancellations at an individual merchant can jump as much as 50% when prices rise.
    — Barbara Booth, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2026
  • The director follows the couple in their rounds of collecting, interviewing the merchants at an antique shop and a rug shop about this distinctive pair of customers.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of merchant
Noun
  • They're joined by fishermen, auctioneers, fish hawkers and wholesalers, transport workers and ice suppliers.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Days before the hawker crackdown, Ruto ordered India’s Tata Chemicals to leave Kenya, arguing that the company had extracted value from the country without creating enough local investment or jobs.
    — Vivianne Wandera, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of hawker
Noun
  • Kavi Gupta, a Chicago art dealer, has been served a temporary restraining order.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Sales of all versions of the Escape were down 85% as its supplies of the car on dealers’ lots dwindled.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of dealer

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