Definition of barker in English:

barker

noun ˈbɑːkəˈbɑrkər

informal

A tout at an auction, sideshow, etc., who calls out to passers-by to attract custom.
〈非正式〉（在拍卖会、马戏团穿插表演上）大声招徕顾客者
Example sentencesExamples
- He's become a carnival barker in this whole twisted sideshow.
- He worked as a barker at the 1939 World's Fair and as a tour guide at NBC before making his Broadway debut in the lead in Emlyn Williams's Morning Star.
- The best moment, and most shameless use of the medium ever, consists of a barker drumming up business for the wax museum by whapping a paddleball RIGHT INTO THE CAMERA!
- Rodgers & Hammerstein's classic musical takes you on a romantic ride of romance as the carousel barker Billy Bigelow falls in love with local town girl Julie Jordan.
- This, along with a change of stance and voice, is enough to populate the stage with a sadistic nun, a carnival barker, a sleazy dancer and, of course, wide-eyed Francesca.
- Yeah, there's a carny barker, but there's also kind of a desperate, Willy Loman-like quality to my endless hucksterism.
- Economists, bankers, and executives equated ad men with sideshow barkers, while scientists considered psychologists no better than fortune-tellers.
- Better still: as a DVD bonus, the folks at Something Weird also include a short unedited collection of newsreel footage showing real life sideshow performers and barkers from the thirties.
- His monologue has the theatrical showmanship of a barker or a master of ceremonies: ‘The time: now… which brings us to… the third and most important player’.
- You could say that saints' relics were the earliest tourist attractions, whose possessors competed for business like barkers at a fair.
- Judge Moore is a carnival barker, playing this for all he can, getting those born-every-minute suckers to genuflect before a hunk of stone while he does his proselytizing before the television cameras.
- But when someone who assumes the role of a journalist also works to promote the interests of others outside the media, he or she blurs the line that separates journalists from carnival barkers.
- He is almost a sideshow barker for his car, and leaves many of the details of his imagination to his engineers to make reality.
- He wore this really ugly jacket with wide lapels that were embroidered at the edges so he looked like a cross between a carnival barker and a train conductor.
- Clapton was captivated by the rhythm and poignancy of: ‘One more car, one more rider,’ as the barker tried to fill the last seat in the last car before the ride started and decided to use it for this scintillating album.
- The clearest example of Herzog's and presumably Büchner's point is the scene with the sideshow barker and his subjugated monkey in the silk and tassels of a high-ranking soldier.
- Wood observes that the revised version added a barker's spiel at the beginning and end, which sensationalizes the freaks and their violence.
- Gongs and brickbats: some parts of the park are a strange mix of super-high-tech rides and rather tawdry fairground stalls, complete with hustling barkers.
- If you get up and scream as if you're a fairground barker, an incredible energy has to come through.
- Then the doors slide open, and a straw-hatted barker who looks like he's just stepped out of the 19th century greets you and ushers you into a Coca-Cola fantasyland.

Origin

Late Middle English: from bark¹ + -er¹. The original sense was 'a person or animal that barks; a noisy protestor', hence the current sense (late 17th century).

Rhymes

haka, Kabaka, Lusaka, marker, moussaka, nosy parker, Oaxaca, Osaka, parka, Shaka, Zarqa

Definition of barker in US English:

barker

nounˈbärkərˈbɑrkər

informal

A person who stands in front of a theater, sideshow, etc., and calls out to passersby to attract customers.
〈非正式〉（在拍卖会、马戏团穿插表演上）大声招徕顾客者
Example sentencesExamples
- But when someone who assumes the role of a journalist also works to promote the interests of others outside the media, he or she blurs the line that separates journalists from carnival barkers.
- Rodgers & Hammerstein's classic musical takes you on a romantic ride of romance as the carousel barker Billy Bigelow falls in love with local town girl Julie Jordan.
- Gongs and brickbats: some parts of the park are a strange mix of super-high-tech rides and rather tawdry fairground stalls, complete with hustling barkers.
- Better still: as a DVD bonus, the folks at Something Weird also include a short unedited collection of newsreel footage showing real life sideshow performers and barkers from the thirties.
- Wood observes that the revised version added a barker's spiel at the beginning and end, which sensationalizes the freaks and their violence.
- You could say that saints' relics were the earliest tourist attractions, whose possessors competed for business like barkers at a fair.
- His monologue has the theatrical showmanship of a barker or a master of ceremonies: ‘The time: now… which brings us to… the third and most important player’.
- If you get up and scream as if you're a fairground barker, an incredible energy has to come through.
- Yeah, there's a carny barker, but there's also kind of a desperate, Willy Loman-like quality to my endless hucksterism.
- Then the doors slide open, and a straw-hatted barker who looks like he's just stepped out of the 19th century greets you and ushers you into a Coca-Cola fantasyland.
- He worked as a barker at the 1939 World's Fair and as a tour guide at NBC before making his Broadway debut in the lead in Emlyn Williams's Morning Star.
- Economists, bankers, and executives equated ad men with sideshow barkers, while scientists considered psychologists no better than fortune-tellers.
- He wore this really ugly jacket with wide lapels that were embroidered at the edges so he looked like a cross between a carnival barker and a train conductor.
- Judge Moore is a carnival barker, playing this for all he can, getting those born-every-minute suckers to genuflect before a hunk of stone while he does his proselytizing before the television cameras.
- He is almost a sideshow barker for his car, and leaves many of the details of his imagination to his engineers to make reality.
- The clearest example of Herzog's and presumably Büchner's point is the scene with the sideshow barker and his subjugated monkey in the silk and tassels of a high-ranking soldier.
- This, along with a change of stance and voice, is enough to populate the stage with a sadistic nun, a carnival barker, a sleazy dancer and, of course, wide-eyed Francesca.
- He's become a carnival barker in this whole twisted sideshow.
- The best moment, and most shameless use of the medium ever, consists of a barker drumming up business for the wax museum by whapping a paddleball RIGHT INTO THE CAMERA!
- Clapton was captivated by the rhythm and poignancy of: ‘One more car, one more rider,’ as the barker tried to fill the last seat in the last car before the ride started and decided to use it for this scintillating album.

Origin

Late Middle English: from bark + -er. The original sense was ‘a person or animal that barks; a noisy protestor’, hence the current sense (late 17th century).

词汇	barker
释义	Definition of barker in English: barker noun ˈbɑːkəˈbɑrkər informal A tout at an auction, sideshow, etc., who calls out to passers-by to attract custom. 〈非正式〉（在拍卖会、马戏团穿插表演上）大声招徕顾客者 Example sentencesExamples He's become a carnival barker in this whole twisted sideshow. He worked as a barker at the 1939 World's Fair and as a tour guide at NBC before making his Broadway debut in the lead in Emlyn Williams's Morning Star. The best moment, and most shameless use of the medium ever, consists of a barker drumming up business for the wax museum by whapping a paddleball RIGHT INTO THE CAMERA! Rodgers & Hammerstein's classic musical takes you on a romantic ride of romance as the carousel barker Billy Bigelow falls in love with local town girl Julie Jordan. This, along with a change of stance and voice, is enough to populate the stage with a sadistic nun, a carnival barker, a sleazy dancer and, of course, wide-eyed Francesca. Yeah, there's a carny barker, but there's also kind of a desperate, Willy Loman-like quality to my endless hucksterism. Economists, bankers, and executives equated ad men with sideshow barkers, while scientists considered psychologists no better than fortune-tellers. Better still: as a DVD bonus, the folks at Something Weird also include a short unedited collection of newsreel footage showing real life sideshow performers and barkers from the thirties. His monologue has the theatrical showmanship of a barker or a master of ceremonies: ‘The time: now… which brings us to… the third and most important player’. You could say that saints' relics were the earliest tourist attractions, whose possessors competed for business like barkers at a fair. Judge Moore is a carnival barker, playing this for all he can, getting those born-every-minute suckers to genuflect before a hunk of stone while he does his proselytizing before the television cameras. But when someone who assumes the role of a journalist also works to promote the interests of others outside the media, he or she blurs the line that separates journalists from carnival barkers. He is almost a sideshow barker for his car, and leaves many of the details of his imagination to his engineers to make reality. He wore this really ugly jacket with wide lapels that were embroidered at the edges so he looked like a cross between a carnival barker and a train conductor. Clapton was captivated by the rhythm and poignancy of: ‘One more car, one more rider,’ as the barker tried to fill the last seat in the last car before the ride started and decided to use it for this scintillating album. The clearest example of Herzog's and presumably Büchner's point is the scene with the sideshow barker and his subjugated monkey in the silk and tassels of a high-ranking soldier. Wood observes that the revised version added a barker's spiel at the beginning and end, which sensationalizes the freaks and their violence. Gongs and brickbats: some parts of the park are a strange mix of super-high-tech rides and rather tawdry fairground stalls, complete with hustling barkers. If you get up and scream as if you're a fairground barker, an incredible energy has to come through. Then the doors slide open, and a straw-hatted barker who looks like he's just stepped out of the 19th century greets you and ushers you into a Coca-Cola fantasyland. Origin Late Middle English: from bark¹ + -er¹. The original sense was 'a person or animal that barks; a noisy protestor', hence the current sense (late 17th century). Rhymes haka, Kabaka, Lusaka, marker, moussaka, nosy parker, Oaxaca, Osaka, parka, Shaka, Zarqa Definition of barker in US English: barker nounˈbärkərˈbɑrkər informal A person who stands in front of a theater, sideshow, etc., and calls out to passersby to attract customers. 〈非正式〉（在拍卖会、马戏团穿插表演上）大声招徕顾客者 Example sentencesExamples But when someone who assumes the role of a journalist also works to promote the interests of others outside the media, he or she blurs the line that separates journalists from carnival barkers. Rodgers & Hammerstein's classic musical takes you on a romantic ride of romance as the carousel barker Billy Bigelow falls in love with local town girl Julie Jordan. Gongs and brickbats: some parts of the park are a strange mix of super-high-tech rides and rather tawdry fairground stalls, complete with hustling barkers. Better still: as a DVD bonus, the folks at Something Weird also include a short unedited collection of newsreel footage showing real life sideshow performers and barkers from the thirties. Wood observes that the revised version added a barker's spiel at the beginning and end, which sensationalizes the freaks and their violence. You could say that saints' relics were the earliest tourist attractions, whose possessors competed for business like barkers at a fair. His monologue has the theatrical showmanship of a barker or a master of ceremonies: ‘The time: now… which brings us to… the third and most important player’. If you get up and scream as if you're a fairground barker, an incredible energy has to come through. Yeah, there's a carny barker, but there's also kind of a desperate, Willy Loman-like quality to my endless hucksterism. Then the doors slide open, and a straw-hatted barker who looks like he's just stepped out of the 19th century greets you and ushers you into a Coca-Cola fantasyland. He worked as a barker at the 1939 World's Fair and as a tour guide at NBC before making his Broadway debut in the lead in Emlyn Williams's Morning Star. Economists, bankers, and executives equated ad men with sideshow barkers, while scientists considered psychologists no better than fortune-tellers. He wore this really ugly jacket with wide lapels that were embroidered at the edges so he looked like a cross between a carnival barker and a train conductor. Judge Moore is a carnival barker, playing this for all he can, getting those born-every-minute suckers to genuflect before a hunk of stone while he does his proselytizing before the television cameras. He is almost a sideshow barker for his car, and leaves many of the details of his imagination to his engineers to make reality. The clearest example of Herzog's and presumably Büchner's point is the scene with the sideshow barker and his subjugated monkey in the silk and tassels of a high-ranking soldier. This, along with a change of stance and voice, is enough to populate the stage with a sadistic nun, a carnival barker, a sleazy dancer and, of course, wide-eyed Francesca. He's become a carnival barker in this whole twisted sideshow. The best moment, and most shameless use of the medium ever, consists of a barker drumming up business for the wax museum by whapping a paddleball RIGHT INTO THE CAMERA! Clapton was captivated by the rhythm and poignancy of: ‘One more car, one more rider,’ as the barker tried to fill the last seat in the last car before the ride started and decided to use it for this scintillating album. Origin Late Middle English: from bark + -er. The original sense was ‘a person or animal that barks; a noisy protestor’, hence the current sense (late 17th century).
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