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verb (used without object) to solicit business, employment, votes, or the like, importunately.
Horse Racing . to act as a tout.
verb (used with object) to solicit support for importunately.
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.
SEE MORE SEE LESS noun a person who solicits business, employment, support, or the like, importunately.
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.
SEE MORE SEE LESS Origin of tout First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English tuten “to look out, peer”; probably akin to Old English tōtian “to peep out”
Words nearby tout touse, tousle, tousled, tous-les-mois, Toussaint L'Ouverture, tout , tout à fait, tout à vous, tout comprendre, c'est tout pardonner, tout court, tout de suite
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Example sentences from the Web for tout One is the “economic decoupling” many tout as the way to end any dependency on China and weaken its economy.
China: Charting a Course Between Conflict and Accommodation | Tracy Moran| October 13, 2020| Ozy
The audience--tout Hollywood--stands to cheer his slow and painful trek from the wings to the table.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman| December 13, 2014| DAILY BEAST
A liberal group supporting Hillary Clinton tries to tout her pro-middle class bonafides.
Pro-Hillary Group: She’s Not Rich, She’s You | Ben Jacobs| December 3, 2014| DAILY BEAST
But every few years a news article will tout the increased popularity of rabbit as an American dinner item.
Whole Foods Wants to Feed You Cute, Furry Bunnies | Tim Mak| August 19, 2014| DAILY BEAST
That big brain we so tout today was shaped by the mammoths we hunted, by the great cats and bears that sometimes stalked us.
American Wilderness Faces the Firing Squad | Doug Peacock| July 6, 2014| DAILY BEAST
They tout engaging plot lines, sharp illustrations and alluring wines that capture immediate attention.
'The Drops of God': Wine Books You Will Actually Want to Read | Jordan Salcito| January 19, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Tout l'ocan du grand Neptune pourrait-il laver ce sang de ma main?
Major Prophets of To-Day | Edwin E. Slosson
In Paris tout le monde—everybody he think differently of those things—no?
Valley of Dreams | Stanley Grauman Weinbaum
The "tipster" in Wall Street is like the tout on the race track.
Profitable Stock Exchange Investments | Henry Voorce Brandenburg
Tout le monde perdra, et à la fin il n'y aura que des vaincus.
In the World War | Count Ottokar Czernin
Tout a ne se dessine pas du tout bien, tu sais, mais pas du tout , tu comprends!
The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett | Compton Mackenzie
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British Dictionary definitions for tout 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 (tr) informal 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 called: ticket tout a person who sells tickets unofficially for a heavily booked sporting event, concert, etc, at greatly inflated prices
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Derived forms of tout touter , noun Word Origin for tout C14 (in the sense: to peer, look out): related to Old English tӯtan to peep out
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Words related to tout laud, proclaim, praise, publicize, promote, trumpet, plug, acclaim, ballyhoo, tip, herald, push, boost, steer, tip off