1
2
: one who produces promotional material for commercial clients especially for radio or television
huckstered; huckstering
ˈhək-st(ə-)riŋ 
Did you know?
Huckster comes from the Dutch noun hokester and verb hoeken, which means "to peddle."
Synonyms of huckster
Examples of huckster in a Sentence
Noun
hucksters outside the auditorium selling everything from key chains to life-size cutouts of the performers
Recent Examples on the Web
Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
This place is a huckster’s dream.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
Del Toro was such an amiable huckster.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
Yet many mysteries remain, and plenty of myths and pseudoscientific claims surrounding the brain are still out there — many based on either misunderstandings of the empirical data or the misleading promises of hucksters.
—Kevin Dickinson, Big Think, 19 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for huckster
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Noun
Flannery O’Connor could have written an entire novel on Christian hucksters just from Year One of the second coming of the Trump administration.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
This place is a huckster’s dream.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
Del Toro was such an amiable huckster.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
Yet many mysteries remain, and plenty of myths and pseudoscientific claims surrounding the brain are still out there — many based on either misunderstandings of the empirical data or the misleading promises of hucksters.
—Kevin Dickinson, Big Think, 19 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for huckster
Cite this Entry
“Huckster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/huckster. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
