Definition of tout Tout
/tawˈt/ - [tawt] - tout
We found 18 definitions of tout from 7 different sources.
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What does tout mean?
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NounPlural: touts |
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| tout - someone who advertises for customers in an especially brazen way | ||
| touter | ||
| adman, advertiser, advertizer someone whose business is advertising | ||
| tout - someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit | ||
| ticket tout | ||
| scalper someone who buys something and resells it at a price far above the initial cost; "he got theater tickets through a scalper" | ||
| tout - one who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack) | ||
| tipster | ||
| adviser, advisor, consultant an expert who gives advice; "an adviser helped students select their courses"; "the United States sent military advisors to Guatemala" | ||
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| tout - advertize in strongly positive terms; "This product was touted as a revolutionary invention" | ||
| pronounce, judge, label pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here" | ||
| tout - show off | ||
| boast, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade | ||
| hyperbolise, hyperbolize, overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, magnify, amplify to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery" | ||
| puff blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain" | ||
| gloat, crow, triumph dwell on with satisfaction | ||
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Wiktionary 
- tout (Noun)
Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way. - tout (Noun)
A person, at a racecourse, who offers supposedly inside information on which horse is likely to win. - tout (Verb)
To flaunt, to publicize/ publicise; to boast or brag; to promote.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- tout (v. i.)
To act as a tout. See 2d Tout. - tout (v. i.)
To ply or seek for customers. - tout (n.)
One who secretly watches race horses which are in course of training, to get information about their capabilities, for use in betting. - tout (v. i.)
To toot a horn. - tout (n.)
The anus.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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tout
To show off.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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tout
towt, v.i. to look out for custom in an obtrusive way.—n. one who does so: a low fellow who hangs about racing-stables, &c., to pick up profitable information.—n. Tout′er, one who touts. [A.S. tótian, to look out.] -
tout
towt, v.i. (Scot.) to pout.—n. a pet, a fit of the sulks, a sudden illness.—adj. Tout′ie, petulant
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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tout
An old term for looking out, or keeping a prying watch; whence the revenue cruisers and the customs officers were called touters. The name is also given to crimps.
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