Definizione monolingua

barker

barker (plural barkers)

1. Someone or something who barks.

   My neighbors dog is a constant barker that keeps me awake at night.

2. 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. A shelf-talker.
4. (video games) A video game mode where the action is demonstrated to entice someone to play the game.

   The barker mode of the arcade video game convinced the teenager to spend a quarter.

Definizione dizionario barker

Altri significati:

A machine used to remove the bark from wood.

(obsolete, obsolete, slang) A person that removes the bark from wood, or prepares it for use in tanning.

Someone or something who barks.

A person employed to solicit customers by calling out to passersby, e.g. at a carnival.