# barker
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɑː(ɹ)kɚ/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
    Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)kɚ

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

barker (plural barkers)
* Someone or something who barks.
    Synonym: (obsolete) latrant
    My neighbor's dog is a constant barker that keeps me awake at night.
** 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 42:Edmund was barker on sight, like foolish stay-at-home dogs.
* A person employed to solicit customers by calling out to passersby, e.g. at a carnival.
    Synonyms: tout, (Australia) spruiker
    Hyponym: doorsman
    Bob had amassed a considerable stockpile of double entendres from his days working as a barker for a strip joint.
** 1893, James Otis, The Adventures of a Country Boy at a Country Fair‎:[…] this fakir was doing a big business, as was shown by the fact that he could afford to hire a barker, who cried continually at the full strength of his lungs: "Come up now, and try your luck! […] "
** 2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly‎, volume 188, number 26, page 36:For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.
* A shelf-talker.
* (video games) 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.
* (slang, dated) A pistol.
    Synonym: barking iron
** 1838, Boz [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress. […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC:Barney, opening a cupboard, brought forth several articles, which he hastily crammed into the pockets. “Barkers for me, Barney," said Toby Crackit. “Here they are,” replied Barney, producing a pair of pistols.
** 1969, George MacDonald Fraser, Flashman, page 45:Parkin, the Oxford Street gunmaker, sent me a brace of barkers in silver mountings, with my initials engraved—good for trade, I imagine.
* The spotted redshank.

##### Derived terms

* barker channel

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

From Middle English barker; equivalent to bark (“surface of tree”) +‎ -er.

#### Noun

barker (plural barkers)
* (historical) 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.
* (obsolete) 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.

##### Translations
### Anagrams

* braker, Braker

## Danish
### Noun

barker
* indefinite plural of bark

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* berker, barkere, barkar

### Etymology

From bark +‎ -er.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbarkər(ə)/

### Noun

barker (plural barkers)
* tanner, barker

#### Descendants

* English: barker

#### References

* “barker, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-12.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

barker m
* indefinite plural of bark

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from English barker.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈbaɾkeɾ/ [ˈbaɾ.kɛɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾkeɾ
* Syllabification: bar‧ker

### Noun

barker (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇ᜔ᜃᜒᜇ᜔)
* barker that calls out passengers at a public transportation terminal

### Further reading

* “barker”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018