Word: Tout
How to pronounce: taʊt
Verb
Definitions:
1. Attempt to sell (something), typically by pestering people in an aggressive or bold manner.
Example sentences: "Jim was touting his wares"
2. Offer racing tips for a share of any resulting winnings.
Noun
Definitions:
1. A person soliciting custom or business, typically in an aggressive or bold manner.
Example sentences: "This is the best term to use for touts - street hawkers who approach you at every tourist stop to ask you to buy things."
2. A person who offers racing tips for a share of any resulting winnings.
Example sentences: "After a two-month trial, a former racetrack tout and his former accountant were found guilty of conspiracy to defraud people who invested in a racing syndicate."
3. An informer.
Determiner
Definitions:
1. Used before the name of a city to refer to its high society or people of importance.
Synonyms:
praise
extol
talk up
advertize
promote
boost
laud
pitch
ballyhoo
hype
Derivations:
touting
touted
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Tout in Other Languages...
Spanish:
German: Schlepper
French: Vanter
Italian:
Turkish: çığırtkan
