tout Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit
    ticket tout.
  2. noun someone who advertises for customers in an especially brazen way
    touter.
  3. noun one who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack)
    tipster.
  4. verb advertize in strongly positive terms
    • This product was touted as a revolutionary invention
  5. verb show off
    blow; boast; gasconade; gas; brag; swash; bluster; shoot a line; vaunt.

WordNet

Tout transitive verb
Etymology
See 1st Toot.
Definitions
  1. To act as a tout. See 2d Tout. Cant. Eng.
  2. To ply or seek for customers. Prov. Eng.
Tout noun
Definitions
  1. One who secretly watches race horses which are in course of training, to get information about their capabilities, for use in betting. Cant. Eng.
Tout noun
Definitions
  1. The anus. Obs. Chaucer.

Webster 1913