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Synonyms for barker

Most common

bow-wow doggy pooch shelf-talker

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Pooch

pooch, doggy, bow-wow

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

tout, spruiker AU

Other

shelf-talker, barking iron dated, latrant dated

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    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.

  2. n. 2

    Someone or something who barks.

    My neighbor's dog is a constant barker that keeps me awake at night.

Related words

Phrases
barker's egg

Forms

Plural
barkers → pooches, doggies, bow-wows, touts…

Example sentences

  • doggy Could you put this in a doggy bag for me?
  • pooch Mary doesn't have a pooch; she has a kitten.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
barkerfalling
doggyrising
poochrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
tout1
5 letters
doggy2, pooch1
7 letters
latrant
8 letters
spruiker

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (doggy2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
aboyeur
Deutsch
Kläffer