barker
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
Someone or something who barks.
My neighbor's dog is a constant barker that keeps me awake at night.
Đồng nghĩa: latrant
- 2.
A 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.
Đồng nghĩa: tout, spruiker
- 3.
A shelf-talker.
- 4.
(video games) A 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.
(dated, slang)A pistol.
Đồng nghĩa: barking iron
- 6.
The spotted redshank.
- 7.
(historical)A 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.
(obsolete)A 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.
A machine used to remove unneeded bark from wood.
Run these logs through the barker so we can use them as fence posts.
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From Middle English berkere; equivalent to bark + -er.