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
  • Cartmell, who worked with the vender who made the Costanza bobblehead, explained the multistep process.
    — Bruce Handy, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Needa Bee, a co-founder of the collective, said the group represents 89 vendors.
    — Da Lin, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of vendor
Noun
  • At least two San Francisco home listings seen by CNN this spring said the sellers would consider accepting shares of OpenAI or Anthropic as payment.
    — Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Hundreds of thousands of individual sellers have lost their merchandise, sending shock waves across Russia’s economy.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of seller
Noun
  • 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
  • But as the January date approached, Atkin and Jammi’s research showed that intermediaries were still sending money to prominent peddlers of election conspiracies like Dan Bongino and Tucker Carlson.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 June 2026
Definition of peddler
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  • In an industrial zone in Arteixo, at the furthest northwestern tip of Spain, amid granite quarries and aluminum merchants, Inditex, the company that owns Zara, has built a city of glass.
    — Gaby Wood, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The deal is also a reminder that a growing number of empty retail spaces once operated by merchants that are defunct or downsizing are being picked up by a new generation of retailers and other types of companies.
    — George Avalos, Mercury News, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of merchant
Noun
  • In the opening pages, Molly, an extrovert to Anna’s introvert, has bought strawberries from a fruit hawker.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The peanut hawkers at sports venues over a century ago wouldn’t recognize the diversity of food—or seating types—in today’s modern stadium.
    — Tim Newcomb, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of hawker
Noun
  • Since May, a series of law enforcement operations have taken place at the park, beginning with federal and LAPD officers arresting fentanyl and methamphetamine street dealers around the perimeter of the park.
    — Jeff Nguyen, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Indian says the bike is designed in honor of the first Sturgis meet in 1938, where a group of Indian riders and a local Indian motorcycle dealer organized what would grow to be the largest motorcycle rally in the world.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of dealer

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