barker
English
noun
Definitions
- Someone or something who bark#Etymology_2|barks.
- A person employed to solicit customers by calling out to passersby, e.g. at a carnival.
- A shelf-talker.
- (video games) A video game mode where the action is demonstrated to entice someone to play the game.
- (slang) A pistol.
- The spotted redshank.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English berkere affix from English bark (dog noise, surface of tree, covering of tree, make the noise).
Origin
English
bark
Gloss
dog noise, surface of tree, covering of tree, make the noise
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Barkese English
- bark English
- barkbound English
- barkcloth English
- barken English
- barkery English
- barkest English
- barketh English
- barking English
- barkless English
- barklike English
- barkometer English
- barksome English
- barky English
- bebark English
- birchbark English
- crampbark English
- disbark English
- ironbark English
- lacebark English
- ninebark English
- oakbark English
- outbark English
- paperbark English
- ringbark English
- root bark English
- rootbark English
- shagbark English
- shellbark English
- soapbark English
- stembark English
- stringybark English
- tanbark English
- treebark English
- unbark English
- underbark English
- whitebark English
- barken Middle English
- berken Middle English
- berkere Middle English
- bark
- barky
- bebark
- unbark
- barken
- barking
- Barkese
- barkest
- barkery
- outbark
- oakbark
- barketh
- disbark
- tanbark
- soapbark
- shagbark
- barksome
- stembark
- treebark
- ironbark
- ninebark
- rootbark
- lacebark
- ringbark
- barklike
- barkless
- shellbark
- barkbound
- paperbark
- whitebark
- crampbark
- root bark
- barkcloth
- birchbark
- underbark
- barkometer
- stringybark