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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024tout /taʊt/USA pronunciation v. [Informal.]- Informal Terms[no object] to ask for business, votes, etc., esp. in an improper or too direct way.
- Informal Terms to advertise boastfully:[~ + object]a highly touted nightclub.
n. [countable] - Informal Termsone who touts.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tout (tout),USA pronunciation [Informal.]v.i. - to solicit business, employment, votes, or the like, importunately.
- [Horse Racing.]to act as a tout.
v.t. - 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, esp. for a fee.
- to spy on (a horse in training) in order to gain information for the purpose of betting.
- to watch;
spy on.
n. - a person who solicits business, employment, support, or the like, importunately.
- [Horse Racing.]
- a person who gives information on a horse, esp. for a fee.
- [Chiefly Brit.]a person who spies on a horse in training for the purpose of betting.
- [Brit.]a ticket scalper.
- 1350–1400; Middle English tuten to look out, peer; probably akin to Old English tōtian to peep out
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: tout /taʊt/ vb - to solicit (business, customers, etc) or hawk (merchandise), esp in a brazen way
- (intransitive) 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
- (transitive) informal to recommend flatteringly or excessively
n - 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- Ulster a police informer
Etymology: 14th Century (in the sense: to peer, look out): related to Old English tӯtan to peep outˈtouter n |