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tout
[ tout ]
verb (used without object)
- to persistently solicit business, employment, votes, or the like.
- Horse Racing. to act as a tout.
verb (used with object)
- to persistently solicit support for.
- to describe or advertise boastfully; publicize or promote; praise extravagantly:
a highly touted nightclub.
- Horse Racing.
- to provide information on (a horse) running in a particular race, especially for a fee.
- to spy on (a horse in training) in order to gain information for the purpose of betting.
- to watch; spy on.
noun
- a person who persistently solicits business, employment, support, or the like.
- Horse Racing.
- a person who gives information on a horse, especially for a fee.
- Chiefly British. a person who spies on a horse in training for the purpose of betting.
- British. a ticket scalper.
tout
/ ٲʊ /
verb
- to solicit (business, customers, etc) or hawk (merchandise), esp in a brazen way
- intr
- to spy on racehorses being trained in order to obtain information for betting purposes
- to sell, or attempt to sell, such information or to take bets, esp in public places
- informal.tr to recommend flatteringly or excessively
noun
- a person who spies on racehorses so as to obtain betting information to sell
- a person who sells information obtained by such spying
- a person who solicits business in a brazen way
- Also calledticket tout a person who sells tickets unofficially for a heavily booked sporting event, concert, etc, at greatly inflated prices
- a police informer
Derived Forms
- ˈٴdzܳٱ, noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of tout1
Word History and Origins
Origin of tout1
Example Sentences
Trump touted progress on immigration – encounters at the southern border have plummeted to just over 7,000, down from 140,000 in March of last year.
Carney has touted his experience handling global economic crises as a way to deal with Trump on tariffs.
Other platforms like X and Instagram can prove useful when touting yourself out to potential employers as well.
Leavitt also touted an immigration raid at an "underground" nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Sunday, where she said officials detained more than 100 undocumented immigrants and seized weapons and drugs.
Shortly after becoming a commissioner during Trump’s first term, Carr touted his time at the FCC under Republican and Democrat leadership.
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