 Definitions of tout [ʊt] 
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1. (v.i.) tout
to solicit business, employment, votes, or the like, importunately.
2. tout
to act as a tout.
3. (v.t.) tout
to solicit importunately.
4. tout
to describe or advertise boastfully; praise extravagantly:
a highly touted nightclub.
5. tout
to provide information on (a racehorse), esp. for a fee.
6. tout
to watch; spy on.
7. (n.) tout
a person who solicits business, employment, etc., importunately.
8. tout
a person who gives information on a racehorse, esp. for a fee.
9. tout
Chiefly Brit. a person who spies on a racehorse in training for the purpose of betting.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME tuten to look out, peer)
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| Definition of 'tout' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) tout, ticket tout
someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit
2. (noun) tout, touter
someone who advertises for customers in an especially brazen way
3. (verb) tipster, tout
one who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack)
4. (verb) tout
advertize in strongly positive terms
"This product was touted as a revolutionary invention"
5. (verb) boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade
show off
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| Definition of 'tout' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) tout
one who secretly watches race horses which are in course of training, to get information about their capabilities, for use in betting
2. (noun) tout
the anus
3. (verb) tout
to act as a tout. See 2d Tout
4. (verb) tout
to ply or seek for customers
5. (verb) tout
to toot a horn
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Sense: to go about in search of buyers, jobs, support, votes etc
The taxi-driver drove around touting for custom.
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 Afrikaans: werf, lok |
 Arabic: يَطوفُ باحِثا عَن |
 Bulgarian: предлагам настойчиво |
 Brazilian: angariar |
 Czech: ucházet se (o), nabízet |
 German: werben |
 Danish: forsøge at kapre |
 Greek: ψαρεύω πελάτες |
 Spanish: buscar, intentar captar |
 Estonian: hankima |
 Farsi: جلب کردن |
 Finnish: kalastella |
 French: solliciter |
 Hebrew: מְחַזֵר אַחֲרֵי לָקוֹחוֹת |
 Hindi: दलाली करना |
 Croatian: vrbovati, mamiti |
 Hungarian: felhajt |
 Indonesian: mencari pembeli, langgana |
 Icelandic: reyna að krækja sér í |
 Italian: (andare in cerca di clien |
 Japanese: 求める |
 Korean: 손님을 끌다, 지지를 호소하다, 주문을 권유하 |
 Lithuanian: ieškoti, žvejoti |
 Latvian: piedāvāt (preci); reklamē |
 Malay: mencari pelanggan |
 Dutch: klanten lokken |
 Norwegian: fallby, prøve å selge |
 Polish: poszukiwać, zabiegać |
 Persian: جلب کردن |
 Pashto: دلالي كول، اخيستونكى ( را |
 Portuguese: angariar |
 Romanian: a căuta |
 Russian: зазывать клиентов |
 Slovak: ponúkať (tovar), lákať zá |
 Slovenian: nabirati |
 Serbian: tražiti |
 Swedish: försöka skaffa, fiska eft |
 Thai: ตระเวนชักชวน |
 Turkish: müşteri aramak |
 Taiwanese: 招徠(顧客)，拉(選票) |
 Ukrainian: нав'язувати товар; реклам |
 Urdu: گاہک تلاش کرنا |
 Vietnamese: chào hàng |
 Chinese: 招徕（顾客），拉（选票） |
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