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Definitions for Tout

[1] to solicit business, employment, votes, or the like, importunately.
[2] Horse Racing . to act as a tout.
[3] to solicit support for importunately.
[4] to describe or advertise boastfully; publicize or promote; praise extravagantly: a highly touted nightclub.
[5] 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.
[6] to watch; spy on.
[7] a person who solicits business, employment, support, or the like, importunately.
[8] 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.
[9] British . a ticket scalper.
[10] to solicit (business, customers, etc) or hawk (merchandise), esp in a brazen way
[11] (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
[12] (tr) informal to recommend flatteringly or excessively
[13] a person who spies on racehorses so as to obtain betting information to sell a person who sells information obtained by such spying
[14] a person who solicits business in a brazen way
[15] Also called: ticket tout a person who sells tickets unofficially for a heavily booked sporting event, concert, etc, at greatly inflated prices
[16] Ulster a police informer

Words related to Tout

laud, proclaim, praise, publicize, promote, trumpet, plug, acclaim, ballyhoo, tip, herald, push, boost, steer

Words nearby Tout

tous-les-mois, touse, tousle, tousled, toussaint l'ouverture, tout, tout comprendre, c'est tout pardonner, tout court, tout de suite, tout ensemble, tout le monde

Origin of Tout

1350–1400; Middle English tuten to look out, peer; probably akin to Old English tōtian to peep out

Word origin for Tout

C14 (in the sense: to peer, look out): related to Old English tӯtan to peep out

Synonyms for Tout

laud, praise, proclaim, promote, publicize, trumpet, acclaim, ballyhoo, boost, herald, plug, push, steer, tip, give a boost, tip off