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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
yvlog History and Origins
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yvlog History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Hapna’s affordability and touted lack of side effects led to its global usage, followed by Skinner’s sudden disappearance.
In a statement Friday, Luna touted his record of keeping communities safe and bringing stability to the department.
The ceasefire that Trump touted in the days before he took office appears to be in tatters.
In recent weeks, Adams Kellum had touted her agency’s work, including a decrease in street homelessness of more than 5% in the county and more than 10% in the city last year.
Improvements touted by the county include bolstering the vetting of foster parents and probation staffers and winding down the use of group homes like MacLaren Children’s Center.
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