单词 | huckster |
释义 | huckster (once / 7002 pages) nv A huckster is someone who tries to sell you something that's not very well made, or isn't worth the price. If someone tries to sell you a bottle of Love Potion #9, call him a huckster. While a huckster is primarily a seller of cheap goods, like the people who sell imitation luxury handbags and watches on city sidewalks, you can also use the word to talk about extremely pushy salespeople. If you feel so pressured to make an offer on a new car that you leave the dealership feeling frustrated and daunted, you might say, "There's no way I'm buying a car from that huckster." WORD FAMILYhuckster: huckstered, huckstering, hucksters USAGE EXAMPLESSo many cities saw their stewards die off, replaced by imperial CEOs, hucksters or branch managers. Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016) Hucksters, scam artists and liars are nothing new. Washington Post(Dec 15, 2016) You want me to tell you Donald Trump’s a huckster and a fool. Salon(Dec 09, 2016) 1n a seller of shoddy goods Syn|Hyper cheap-jack marketer, seller, trafficker, vender, vendor someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money 2n a person who writes radio or tv advertisements Hyper adman, advertiser, advertizer someone whose business is advertising 3v sell or offer for sale from place to place Syn|Hyper hawk, monger, peddle, pitch, vend deal, sell, trade do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood 4v wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.) Syn|Hypo|Hyper chaffer, haggle, higgle bargain down, beat down persuade the seller to accept a lower price bargain, dicker negotiate the terms of an exchange |
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