Barker

Noun

Definitionen

1.NounSomeone or something who barks.

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

2.NounA person employed to solicit customers by calling out to passersby, e.g. at a carnival.

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

3.NounA shelf-talker.

4.NounA video game mode where the action is demonstrated to entice someone to play the game.

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

5.NounA pistol.

6.NounThe spotted redshank.

7.NounA person who removes needed or valuable tree bark, as on a cinnamon or cinchona plantation.

"The profession of barker has been made largely obsolete by the realization that in most cases saplings can be cultivated far more profitably."

8.NounA tanner.

"The profession of barker has been made largely obsolete by the introduction of more effective tanning agents, but it lives on as a surname."

9.NounA machine used to remove unneeded bark from wood.

"Run these logs through the barker so we can use them as fence posts."