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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit [syn: tout, ticket tout]
2: someone who advertises for customers in an especially brazen way [syn: tout, touter]
3: one who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack) [syn: tipster, tout] v
1: advertize in strongly positive terms; "This product was touted as a revolutionary invention"
2: show off [syn: boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb Etymology: Middle English tuten to protrude, peer; probably akin to Old English t?tian to stick out, Norwegian tyte Date: circa 1700 transitive verb 1. to spy on ; watch 2. a. British to spy out information about (as a racing stable or horse) b. to give a tip or solicit bets on (a racehorse) 3. to solicit, peddle, or persuade importunately <not meant to tout you off the movie — Russell Baker> 4. to make much of ; promote, talk up <touted as the summer's blockbuster movie> <the college's much touted women's studies program> intransitive verb 1. to solicit patronage 2. a. chiefly British to spy on racehorses in training to gain information for betting b. to give a tip or solicit bets on a racehorse II. noun Date: 1853 one who touts: as a. one who solicits patronage b. chiefly British one who spies out racing information for betting purposes c. one who gives tips or solicits bets on a racehorse

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v. 1 intr. (usu. foll. by for) solicit custom persistently; pester customers (touting for business). 2 tr. solicit the custom of (a person) or for (a thing). 3 intr. a Brit. spy out the movements and condition of racehorses in training. b US offer racing tips for a share of the resulting profit. --n. a person employed in touting. Derivatives: touter n. Etymology: ME tute look out = ME (now dial.) toot (OE totian) f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tout Tout, v. t. (Horse Racing) (a) To spy out information about, as a racing stable or horse. [Cant, Eng.] (b) To give a tip on (a race horse) to a better with the expectation of sharing in the latter's winnings. [Cant, U. S.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tout Tout, n. 1. One who gives a tip on a race horses for an expected compensation, esp. in hopes of a share in any winnings; -- usually contemptuous. [Cant, U. S.] 2. One who solicits custom, as a runner for a hotel, cab, gambling place. [Colloq.] 3. A spy for a smuggler, thief, or the like. [Colloq.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tout Tout, n. [Prob. fr. F. tout all.] In the game of solo, a proposal to win all eight tricks.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tout Tout, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Touted; p. pr. & vb. n. Touting.] 1. To look narrowly; spy. [Scot. & Dial. Eng.] 2. (Horse Racing) (a) To spy out the movements of race horses at their trials, or to get by stealth or other improper means the secrets of the stable, for betting purposes. [Cant, Eng.] (b) To act as a tout; to tout, or give a tip on, a race horse. [Cant, U. S.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tout Tout (t[=oo]t), v. i. [See 1st Toot.] 1. To act as a tout. See 2d Tout. [Cant. Eng.] 2. To ply or seek for customers. [Prov. Eng.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tout Tout, n. One who secretly watches race horses which are in course of training, to get information about their capabilities, for use in betting. [Cant. Eng.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tout Tout, v. i. [See 3d Toot. ] To toot a horn.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tout Tout, n. The anus. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Toot Toot, v. i. [OE. toten, AS. totian to project; hence, to peep out.] [Written also tout.] 1. To stand out, or be prominent. [Obs.] --Howell. 2. To peep; to look narrowly. [Obs.] --Latimer. For birds in bushes tooting. --Spenser.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(touts, touting, touted) 1. If someone touts something, they try to sell it or convince people that it is good. It has the trappings of an election campaign in the United States, with slick television ads touting the candidates. VERB: V n [disapproval] 2. If someone touts for business or custom, they try to obtain it. (mainly BRIT) He visited Thailand and Singapore to tout for investment... VERB: V for n 3. If someone touts tickets, they sell them outside a sports ground or theatre, usually for more than their original value. (BRIT; in AM, use scalp) ...a man who made his money touting tickets... VERB: V n 4. A tout is someone who sells things such as tickets unofficially, usually at prices which are higher than the official ones. (BRIT; in AM, use scalper) N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

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