tout

Definitions of tout in various dictionaries:

noun - someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit

noun - someone who advertises for customers in an especially brazen way

noun - one who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack)

verb - advertize in strongly positive terms

verb - show off

To solicit customers, votes, or patronage, especially in a brazen way.

To obtain and deal in information on racehorses.

To solicit or importune: street vendors who were touting pedestrians.

To obtain or sell information on (a racehorse or stable) for the guidance of bettors.

To promote or praise energetically; publicize: “Projects for... construction of a deep-water route... to reach ports in the continent’s industrial heartland had been widely touted” (Kenneth McNaught).

One who obtains information on racehorses and their prospects and sells it to bettors.

One who solicits customers brazenly or persistently: “The administration of the nation’s literary affairs falls naturally into the hands of touts and thieves” (Lewis H.

verb - to solicit brazenly

TOUT - In British English, a tout is any person who solicits business or employment in a persistent and annoying manner (generally equivalent to a solicitor...