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- Dictionarytout/taʊt/
verb
- 1. attempt to sell (something), typically by a direct or persistent approach: "Sanjay was touting his wares"
- 2. offer racing tips for a share of any resulting winnings. North American
noun
- 1. a person who buys up tickets for an event to resell them at a profit. British
- 2. a person who offers racing tips for a share of any resulting winnings. North American
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The meaning of TOUT is to make much of : promote, talk up. How to use tout in a sentence.
to advertise, talk about, or praise something or someone repeatedly, especially as a way of encouraging people to like, accept, or buy something: The minister has been touting these ideas for some time. He is being widely touted as the next leader of the party.
Tout definition: to persistently solicit business, employment, votes, or the like.. See examples of TOUT used in a sentence.
A tout is someone who sells things such as tickets unofficially, usually at prices which are higher than the official ones.
To tout means to praise, boast, or brag about. If you like to tout your skill as a skier, you tell people you can go down expert-level hills. Sometimes parents will get into bragging wars about their children, each touting the accomplishments of his or her child.
1. To promote or praise energetically; publicize: "For every study touting the benefits of hormone therapy, another warns of the risks" (Yanick Rice Lamb). 2. To solicit or importune: street vendors who were touting pedestrians. 3. Chiefly British To obtain or sell information on (a racehorse or stable) for the guidance of bettors. v.intr. 1.
Definition of tout verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
