n.

1. One who sells wares or provisions in the street; a peddler or hawker.
2. One who uses aggressive, showy, and sometimes devious methods to promote or sell a product.
3. Informal. One who writes advertising copy, especially for radio or television.

v., -stered, -ster·ing, -sters.

v.tr.

1. To sell; peddle.
2. To promote or attempt to sell (a commercial product, for example) in an overaggressive or showy manner.
3. To haggle over; deal in.

v.intr.

To engage in haggling.

[Middle English, probably of Low German origin; akin to Middle Dutch hokester.]

hucksterism huck'ster·ism n.

Seller of a good or service who will try to sell anything by making misleading promises and assurances. An example is a peddler who will make any kind of guarantee to a tourist to make the sale.

verb

1. To travel about selling goods: hawk, peddle, vend. See transactions.
2. To argue about the terms, as of a sale: bargain, dicker, haggle, higgle, negotiate, palter. See agree/disagree.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - gadehandler, høker, kræmmer
v. tr. - sælge (på gaden)
v. intr. - være gadehandler, være kræmmer

Nederlands (Dutch)
reclameschrijver, sjacheraar, straatventer, kleinhandelaar, venten, pingelen, vervalsen, reclame maken voor

Français (French)
n. - (US) camelot, bonimenteur (péj), escroc (péj)
v. tr. - bonimenter, colporter
v. intr. - vendre de façon agressive

Deutsch (German)
n. - Straßenhändler, Werbefachmann
v. - hausieren, schachern

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - γυρολόγος, πραματευτής

Italiano (Italian)
venditore ambulante, imbonitore

Português (Portuguese)
n. - mascate (m), publicitário (m) (gír.) (EUA)

Русский (Russian)
лавочник, торговаться

Español (Spanish)
n. - vendedor ambulante
v. tr. - vender chucherías
v. intr. - vender chucherías

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - påträngande försäljare, skojare, reklamman (i radio o TV), månglare

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
小商人, 卑鄙者, 叫卖的小贩, 贩卖, 还价, 叫卖, 讨价还价

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 小商人, 卑鄙者, 叫賣的小販
v. tr. - 販賣, 還價, 叫賣
v. intr. - 討價還價

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 도붓장수, 광고업자, 광고작가, 장사치
v. tr. - 외치며 팔다, ~의 값을 깎다, 품질을 떨어뜨리다
v. intr. - 외치며 팔다, 품질을 떨어 뜨리다, 값을 깎다, 품질을 떨어뜨리다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 呼び売り商人, 行商人, 広告屋
v. - 呼び売りする, 値切る

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) بائع متجول, وكيل اعلانات وبخاصه اذاعيه وتلفزيونيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮רוכל, רודף-בצע, פרסומאי‬
v. tr. - ‮זייף‬
v. intr. - ‮עמד על המקח‬

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