barker.
Someone or something who barks.
Meaning & usage
Someone or something who barks.
My neighbor's dog is a constant barker that keeps me awake at night.
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.
A shelf-talker.
A video game mode where the action is demonstrated to entice someone to play the game.
The barker looks action-packed, but actually playing the game is rather dull.
A pistol.
The spotted redshank.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English berkere; equivalent to bark (“dog noise”) + -er.
A person who removes needed or valuable tree bark, as on a cinnamon or cinchona plantation.
The profession of barker has been made largely obsolete by the realization that in most cases saplings can be cultivated far more profitably.
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.
A machine used to remove unneeded bark from wood.
Run these logs through the barker so we can use them as fence posts.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English barker; equivalent to bark (“surface of tree”) + -er.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.