huckster

Meanings

Noun

a seller of shoddy goods
a person who writes radio or tv advertisements
A peddler or hawker, who sells small items, either door-to-door, from a stall, or in the street.
Somebody who sells things in an aggressive or showy manner.
One who deceptively sells fraudulent products; snake oil salesman
Somebody who writes advertisements for radio or television.

Verb

sell or offer for sale from place to place
wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)
To haggle, to wrangle, or to bargain.
To sell or offer (goods) from place to place, to peddle.
To promote or sell (goods) in an aggressive, showy manner.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English hukster, probably of Low German or Dutch origin, from Middle Low German höken (“to peddle”) or Middle Dutch hokester, itself from hoeken (“to peddle, bend, bear on the back”), all from Proto-Germanic *huk-, probably related to *hūkan- (“to squat”), from *hūkkan-, back-formed from the iterative *huk(k)ōn-, from Proto-Indo-European *kuk-néh₂, from *kewk- (“to curve, bend”) (also the source of English high). Compare hawkster.

Synonyms

chaffer, cheap-jack, haggle, hawk, higgle, monger, peddle, pitch, vend

Scrabble Score: 17

huckster is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
huckster is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
huckster is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 18

huckster is a valid Words With Friends word