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tout

[ tout ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to persistently solicit business, employment, votes, or the like.
  2. Horse Racing. to act as a tout.


verb (used with object)

  1. to persistently solicit support for.
  2. to describe or advertise boastfully; publicize or promote; praise extravagantly:

    a highly touted nightclub.

  3. Horse Racing.
    1. to provide information on (a horse) running in a particular race, especially for a fee.
    2. to spy on (a horse in training) in order to gain information for the purpose of betting.
  4. to watch; spy on.

noun

  1. a person who persistently solicits business, employment, support, or the like.
  2. Horse Racing.
    1. a person who gives information on a horse, especially for a fee.
    2. Chiefly British. a person who spies on a horse in training for the purpose of betting.
  3. British. a ticket scalper.

tout

/ ³Ù²¹ÊŠ³Ù /

verb

  1. to solicit (business, customers, etc) or hawk (merchandise), esp in a brazen way
  2. intr
    1. to spy on racehorses being trained in order to obtain information for betting purposes
    2. to sell, or attempt to sell, such information or to take bets, esp in public places
  3. informal.
    tr to recommend flatteringly or excessively
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

    1. a person who spies on racehorses so as to obtain betting information to sell
    2. a person who sells information obtained by such spying
  1. a person who solicits business in a brazen way
  2. Also calledticket tout a person who sells tickets unofficially for a heavily booked sporting event, concert, etc, at greatly inflated prices
  3. a police informer
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³Ù´Ç³Ü³Ù±ð°ù, noun
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of tout1

First recorded in 1350–1400; from Middle English tuten “to look out, peerâ€; probably akin to Old English ³Ùųپ±²¹²Ô “to peep outâ€
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of tout1

C14 (in the sense: to peer, look out): related to Old English ³ÙÓ¯³Ù²¹²Ô to peep out
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They tout positive impacts the measure has brought.

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Kennedy has repeatedly touted misinformation linking autism to vaccines, and many fear his proposed plan to bring back mental health farms would lead many people with disabilities to be reinstitutionalized.

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The one-time political adversaries — Bass soundly defeated Caruso in 2022 — appeared together on a sun-drenched corner in the Palisades to tout a plan to rebuild the local city-owned recreation center.

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The Kenbassador also sports a pair of Nike high-tops, patterned pants, a gold watch and a black shirt that touts the James Family Foundation motto: “We Are Family.â€

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Disneyland’s Club 33 has long been touted as the theme park’s most exclusive and mysterious members-only club, but that’s changing as the “Happiest Place on Earth†opens up its member list.

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