barker

Meaning

1. Someone or something who barks.
2. A person employed to solicit customers by calling out to passersby, e.g. at a carnival.
3. A shelf-talker.
4. A video game mode where the action is demonstrated to entice someone to play the game.
5. (slang) A pistol.
6. The spotted redshank.

Synonyms

tout

doggy

doggie

barking machine

pooch

bow-wow

peeler

pistol

rod

touting

customer puller

debarker

spieler

bid caller

disbarking machine

stripping machine

rosser

barker machine

hide pulling machine

paring machine

bark peeling machine

cannon

decoy

gun

🔫

mongrel

pander

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbɑː(ɹ)kɚ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: berkere

Inherited from Middle English: barker

In summary

From Middle English berkere; equivalent to bark (“dog noise”) + -er.