huckster

/huhk-ster/US // ˈhʌk stər //UK // (ˈhʌkstə) //

胡说八道,小贩,胡扯,炒作者

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a retailer of small articles, especially a peddler of fruits and vegetables; hawker.
- : a person who employs showy methods to effect a sale, win votes, etc.: the crass methods of political hucksters.
- : a cheaply mercenary person.
- : Informal. a persuasive and aggressive salesperson.a person who works in the advertising industry, especially one who prepares aggressive advertising for radio and television.

1
- : to deal, as in small articles, or to make petty bargains: to huckster fresh corn; to huckster for a living.
- : to sell or promote in an aggressive and flashy manner.

nounpeddler

Synonyms

Technology allows hucksters with distant landlines — and now mobile phones — to display local numbers in an effort to trick you to answer.
A published article compares state sponsored police brutality to the individual actions of a two-bit huckster on Youtube.
Also genuine, however, is the huckster aspect of the Ron Paul persona.
But has the Huckster waited too long to get in the game this time?
But my humiliation goes even deeper, for I must parade my poor wares before you like any huckster, beseeching you to buy.
No one save Jacques the huckster lives there, why should he excite any attention?
Everything was still on the streets except the clatter of the milk carts, and the early drays and huckster wagons.
Miss Grey, a small huckster who kept a little vegetable shop, was one day showing off her rings and bracelets to our servant.
A few huckster men were beginning to go round, but Hudson Market was the place to buy fresh vegetables that came in every morning.