huckster
noun
a retailer of small articles, especially a peddler of fruits and vegetables; hawker.
huckstering
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present participleof huckster.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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District Judge Nina Wang about the huckstering, arguing that it was proof that Lindell wasn’t taking the matter seriously enough.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2025
All during June we get Milken, a former federal fraud felon huckstering for cancer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2018
Incredibly, he wrote, Clay hadn’t been bragging, or huckstering; he had been “telling the truth all along.”
From Washington Post ● Jun. 4, 2016
Skewering Madison Avenue for 60 Years FOR six decades, a magazine has been putting the “Mad” in Madison Avenue by lampooning — and frequently harpooning — the huckstering of the advertising industry.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2012
But the drivers seemed somehow menacing to her, with their fake friendliness and huckstering offers of a ride.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
