barker

/ˈbɑɹkɚ/ noun, proper noun

Forms barkers

1. noun Someone or something who barks. “My neighbor's dog is a constant barker that keeps me awake at night.”
2. noun 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.”
3. noun A shelf-talker.
4. noun (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. noun (slang, dated) A pistol.
6. noun The spotted redshank.
7. noun (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. noun (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. noun A machine used to remove unneeded bark from wood. “Run these logs through the barker so we can use them as fence posts.”
10. proper noun An English surname originating as an occupation.
11. proper noun A town in Broome County, New York.
12. proper noun A village in Niagara County, New York.
13. proper noun An unincorporated community in Harris County, Texas.
14. proper noun An unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia.
15. proper noun A village in Colonia department, Uruguay.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “barker”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details