[{"word":"barkers","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"Someone or something who barks.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"My neighbor's dog is a constant barker that keeps me awake at night."},{"definition":"A person employed to solicit customers by calling out to passersby, e.g. at a carnival.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Bob had amassed a considerable stockpile of double entendres from his days working as a barker for a strip joint."},{"definition":"A shelf-talker.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A video game mode where the action is demonstrated to entice someone to play the game.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The barker mode of the arcade video game convinced the teenager to spend a quarter."},{"definition":"A pistol.","synonyms":["barking iron"],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The spotted redshank.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["barking iron","spruik","tout"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A person who removes needed or valuable tree bark, as on a cinnamon or cinchona plantation.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The professor of barker has been made largely obsolete by the realization that in most cases saplings can be cultivated far more profitably."},{"definition":"A tanner.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The profession of barker has been made largely obsolete by the introduction of more effective tanning agents, but it lives on as a surname."},{"definition":"A machine used to remove unneeded bark from wood.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Run these logs through the barker so we can use them as fence posts."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/barker","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/barkers"]}]