Tout

Quick meaning: Tout is a noun meaning Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way.

Meaning

Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way.

More Meanings

1. A person at a racecourse who offers supposedly inside information on which horse is likely to win.
2. (colloquial) An informer in the Irish Republican Army.
3. (colloquial, archaic) A spy for a smuggler, thief, or the like.
4. (transitive) To flaunt, to publicize/publicise; to boast or brag about; to promote.
5. (UK, slang, horse-racing, transitive) To spy out information about (a horse, a racing stable, etc.).
6. (US, slang, horse-racing, transitive) To give a tip on (a racehorse) to a person, with the expectation of sharing in any winnings.
7. (UK, slang, horse-racing, intransitive) To spy out the movements of racehorses at their trials, or to get by stealth or other improper means the secrets of the stable, for betting purposes.

Example Sentences

Damn, he's a tout.

China has touted its policy of non-interference for decades.

Mary has been touted as a potential successor to the current CEO.

Be careful of the ticket touts outside the arena; they are famed for selling counterfeits.

Word Forms

• touts
• touting
• touted

Synonyms for tout

Depending on context, synonyms include pimp, pitch, promote, spruik, barker, pitchman.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hawker, huckster, bluster, brag, vaunt, boast.

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