Associations to the word «Barker»

Wiktionary

BARKER, noun. Someone or something who barks.
BARKER, noun. A person employed to solicit customers by calling out to passersby, e.g. at a carnival.
BARKER, noun. A shelf-talker.
BARKER, noun. (video games) A video game mode where the action is demonstrated to entice someone to play the game.
BARKER, noun. (slang) (dated) A pistol.
BARKER, noun. The spotted redshank.
BARKER, noun. (obsolete) A person that removes the bark from wood, or prepares it for use in tanning.
BARKER, noun. A machine used to remove the bark from wood.
BARKER, proper noun. A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist George Barker (1776-1845).
BARKER, proper noun. A surname​.

Dictionary definition

BARKER, noun. Someone who stands in front of a show (as at a carnival) and gives a loud colorful sales talk to potential customers.
BARKER, noun. Informal terms for dogs.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King