Barker

  1. Proper noun.  (surname, from Middle English) .
  2. Noun.  Someone or something who barks.
  3. Noun.  A person employed to solicit customers by calling out to passersby, e.g. at a carnival.
  4. Noun.  A shelf-talker.
  5. Noun.  (video games) A video game mode where the action is demonstrated to entice someone to play the game.
  6. Noun.  (obsolete, 1811) A person that removes the bark from wood, or prepares it for use in tanning.
  7. Noun.  A machine used to remove the bark from wood.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.