Barker

/ˈbɑː(ɹ)kɚ/ · noun

Meaning

Someone or something who barks..

Definitions by Sense

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.

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

Barney, opening a cupboard, brought forth several articles, which he hastily crammed into the pockets. “Barkers for me, Barney," said Toby Crackit. “Here they are,” replied Barney, producing a pair of pistols.

Parkin, the Oxford Street gunmaker, sent me a brace of barkers in silver mountings, with my initials engraved—good for trade, I imagine.

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