Barker

noun

Word Frequency: 3.3

Definitions

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 mode of the arcade video game convinced the teenager to spend a quarter."

5.nounA pistol.

6.nounThe spotted redshank.

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