Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

barker

/ˈbɑɹkɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.59 in modern English

Syllables: bark-er
IPA: /ˈbɑɹkɚ/

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone or something who barks.

noun

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

noun

A shelf-talker.

noun

A video game mode where the action is demonstrated to entice someone to play the game.

noun

Dated; Slang

noun

The spotted redshank.

noun

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

noun

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"My neighbor's dog is a constant barker that keeps me awake at night."
"Edmund was barker on sight, like foolish stay-at-home dogs."
"Bob had amassed a considerable stockpile of double entendres from his days working as a barker for a strip joint."
"[…"
"'I'll be your "barker" - the girl outside who gets the suckers in. […]'"
"Oh to live on Sugar Mountain / With the barkers and the colored balloons"

Etymology

From Middle English berkere; equivalent to bark (“dog noise”) + -er.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: bark
Root: berkere, barker
Suffix: -er

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈbɑɹkɚ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

barkers (plural)

Derived Forms

Barkerville

Phrases

barker channel barker's egg Barkers Vale Mount Barker

Synonyms

latrant tout spruiker barking iron pooch doggie doggy bow-wow

Homonyms

barker

Rhymes With

parker darker marker harker starker

Questions

How do you pronounce barker?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɑɹkɚ/.
What does barker mean?: Someone or something who barks.
Where does barker come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce barker

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