Yahoo Web Search

Search results

1. Dictionary

   tout

   /taʊt/

   verb

   • 1. attempt to sell (something), typically by a direct or persistent approach: "Sanjay was touting his wares"
   • ▪ attempt to persuade people of the merits of: "she was touted as a potential Prime Minister" Similar commendendorsepraiserecommendsupporturgepushspeak oftalk oftip
   • ▪ sell (a ticket) for an event at a price higher than the official one: British "he made his fortune touting tickets" Similar peddlesellhawkoffer for salemarketvendpromotetalk uppushflauntadvertisepublicizepuffgive a puff toinformal:floghypeplug
   • 2. offer racing tips for a share of any resulting winnings. North American
   • ▪ spy out the movements and condition of (a racehorse in training) in order to gain information to be used when betting. British

   noun

   • 1. a person who buys up tickets for an event to resell them at a profit. British
   • ▪ a person soliciting custom or business, typically in a direct or persistent manner.
   • 2. a person who offers racing tips for a share of any resulting winnings. North American
   • 3. an informer. informal Northern Irish, Scottish

   Word Origin Middle Englishtute ‘look out’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch tuit ‘spout, nozzle’. Later senses were ‘watch, spy on’ (late 17th century) and ‘solicit custom’ (mid 18th century). The noun was first recorded (early 18th century) in the slang use ‘thieves' lookout’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. touter noun

   Scrabble Points: 4

   • T

     1

   • O

     1

   • U

     1

   • T

     1

   Powered by Oxford Dictionaries

   More definitions, origin and scrabble points