huckster Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a seller of shoddy goods
    cheap-jack.
  2. noun a person who writes radio or tv advertisements
  3. verb sell or offer for sale from place to place
    monger; vend; pitch; peddle; hawk.
  4. verb wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)
    chaffer; higgle; haggle.
    • Let's not haggle over a few dollars

WordNet

Huck"ster noun
Etymology
OE. hukstere, hukster, OD. heukster, D. heuker; akin to D. huiken to stoop, bend, OD. huycken, huken, G. hocken, to squat, Icel. hka; -- the peddler being named from his stooping under the load on his back. Cf. Hawk to offer for sale.
Definitions
  1. A retailer of small articles, of provisions, and the like; a peddler; a hawker. Swift.
  2. A mean, trickish fellow. Bp. Hall.
Huck"ster intransitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Huckstered ; present participle & verbal noun Huckstering
Definitions
  1. To deal in small articles, or in petty bargains. Swift.

Webster 1913