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Barkers

Someone or something who barks.

📖 Definitions of "Barkers"

noun
  1. 1

    Someone or something who barks.

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

  2. 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. 3

    A shelf-talker.

  4. 4

    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."

noun
  1. 1

    A person who removes needed or valuable tree bark, as on a cinnamon or cinchona plantation.

    "The professor of barker has been made largely obsolete by the realization that in most cases saplings can be cultivated far more profitably."

  2. 2

    A tanner.

    "The profession of barker has been made largely obsolete by the introduction of more effective tanning agents, but it lives on as a surname."

  3. 3

    A machine used to remove unneeded bark from wood.

    "Run these logs through the barker so we can use them as fence posts."

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