Barker

Quick meaning: Barker is a noun meaning Someone or something who barks.

Meaning

Someone or something who barks.

More Meanings

1. A person employed to solicit customers by calling out to passersby, e.g. at a carnival.
2. A shelf-talker.
3. (video games) A video game mode where the action is demonstrated to entice someone to play the game.
4. The spotted redshank.
5. (slang, dated) A pistol.
6. (historical) A person who removes needed or valuable tree bark, as on a cinnamon or cinchona plantation.
7. (obsolete) A tanner.

Example Sentences

Edmund was barker on sight, like foolish stay-at-home dogs.

My neighbor's dog is a constant barker that keeps me awake at night.

The barker looks action-packed, but actually playing the game is rather dull.

Bob had amassed a considerable stockpile of double entendres from his days working as a barker for a strip joint.

Word Forms

• barkers

Synonyms for barker

Depending on context, synonyms include latrant, tout, spruiker.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bark, baker, lex, spieler, pitchman, announcer.

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