to huckster
- verb
- /ˈhʌkstər/
- Offensive
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- Street performers often huckster small items to tourists along the boardwalk.
Examples
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Don't huckster your products to me!
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The vendors would huckster their wares in every village they passed through.
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He huckstered homemade jewelry at fairs across the region last summer.
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The salesman huckstered his wares aggressively.
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The salesman was huckstering his products at the busy market, trying to get everyone's attention.
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She became known for huckstering and exaggerating the benefits of her skincare products.
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At the convention, they were huckstering gadgets that didn't live up to their promises.
Synonyms
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3.9
To try to sell something or persuade people to accept an idea
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3.9
To sell goods by going from place to place or to people's houses
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6.8
To sell goods by walking around and calling out
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9.9
To act as a fake customer to make others buy
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9.1
To secretly say good things about someone or something because you are paid
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5.6
Sell goods in public places, often from a stall or cart
To travel from place to place selling goods
How Aggressive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Huckster likely comes from an old word for a small seller or street trader, and a helpful way to remember it is to picture a loud seller at a fair pushing goods like someone who hustles them. So, to huckster is to sell or promote things in an aggressive or sometimes dishonest way.