"hucksterize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: hucksterizes [present, singular, third-person], hucksterizing [participle, present], hucksterized [participle, past], hucksterized [past]
Etymology: From huckster + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|huckster|ize}} huckster + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} hucksterize (third-person singular simple present hucksterizes, present participle hucksterizing, simple past and past participle hucksterized)
  1. To hawk; to promote, especially in a pushy or deceptive manner.

Inflected forms

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