touts

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plural of tout
third person singular of tout
ticket touts
plural form of ticket tout
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To flaunt, to publicize/publicise; to boast or brag; to promote

They are touting their PowerSpheres, but I don't know how well those really work.

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Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way
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advertize in strongly positive terms; "This product was touted as a revolutionary invention"
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If someone touts for business or custom, they try to obtain it. He visited Thailand and Singapore to tout for investment
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To spy out the movements of race horses at their trials, or to get by stealth or other improper means the secrets of the stable, for betting purposes
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One who secretly watches race horses which are in course of training, to get information about their capabilities, for use in betting
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The promotion of a security in order to attract buyers
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In the game of solo, a proposal to win all eight tricks
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{f} praise, highly recommend; scout race horses during training and to gain information that will aid in betting
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Informant
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{i} one who aggressively solicits business; one who scouts race horses in training in order to gain information to aid betting (British); ticket scalper, one who sells tickets for a price higher than face value (British)
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To promote a security in order to attract buyers
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in hopes of a share in any winnings; usually contemptuous
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A tout is someone who sells things such as tickets unofficially, usually at prices which are higher than the official ones. ticket tout someone who buys tickets for a concert, sports match etc and sells them at a higher price, usually on the street near a sports ground, theatre etc American Equivalent: scalper
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show off
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To ply or seek for customers
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someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit
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To toot a horn
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If someone touts tickets, they sell them outside a sports ground or theatre, usually for more than their original value. a man who made his money touting tickets
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someone who advertises for customers in an especially brazen way
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(pronounce towt) To ply or seek for customers “A touter” is one who touts (From Tooting, where persons on their way to the court held at Epsom were pestered by “touts ” “A century or two ago, when the court took up Its quarters at Epsom [many of] the inhabitants used to station themselves at the point where the roads fork off the Epsom by Tooting and Merton, and `tout' the travellers to pass through Tooting It become a common expression for carriage-folk to say, `The Toots are on its again ' ”- Walford: Greater London, vol ii p 530
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To act as a tout; to tout, or give a tip on, a race horse
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One who gives a tip on a race horses for an expected compensation, esp
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See 2d Tout
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The anus
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To give a tip on (a race horse) to a better with the expectation of sharing in the latter's winnings
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To look narrowly; spy
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To act as a tout
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One who solicits custom, as a runner for a hotel, cab, gambling place
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To spy out information about, as a racing stable or horse
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disapproval If someone touts something, they try to sell it or convince people that it is good. It has the trappings of an election campaign in the United States, with slick television ads touting the candidates
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someone who advertises for customers in an especially brazen way someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit advertize in strongly positive terms; "This product was touted as a revolutionary invention
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A spy for a smuggler, thief, or the like
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one who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack)
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    Turkish pronunciation

    tauts

    Pronunciation

    /ˈtouts/ /ˈtaʊts/

    Etymology

    [ 'taut, in sense 4 also ] (verb.) circa 1700. Middle English tuten to peer; probably akin to Old English tOtian to stick out, Norwegian tyte.
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