tout

tout  (tout)

v. tout·ed, tout·ing, touts

v.intr.

1. To solicit customers, votes, or patronage, especially in a brazen way.

2. To obtain and deal in information on racehorses.

v.tr.

1. To solicit or importune: street vendors who were touting pedestrians.

2. Chiefly British To obtain or sell information on (a racehorse or stable) for the guidance of bettors.

3. To promote or praise energetically; publicize: "For every study touting the benefits of hormone therapy, another warns of the risks" (Yanick Rice Lamb).

n.

1. Chiefly British One who obtains information on racehorses and their prospects and sells it to bettors.

2. One who solicits customers brazenly or persistently: "The administration of the nation's literary affairs falls naturally into the hands of touts and thieves" (Lewis H. Lapham).

3. Chiefly Scots and Irish Slang One who informs against others; an informer.

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[Middle English tuten, to peer.]

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touter n.

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tout [rhymes with shout]

Verb

1. to seek (business, customers, etc.) or try to sell (goods), esp. in a persistent or direct manner: he went from door to door touting for business

2. to put forward or recommend (a person or thing) as a good or suitable example or candidate: the plant was once touted as a showcase factory

Noun

a person who sells tickets for a heavily booked event at inflated prices [Old English tȳtan to peep]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tout - someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit ticket tout Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom scalper - someone who buys something and resells it at a price far above the initial cost; "he got theater tickets through a scalper"
	2.	tout - someone who advertises for customers in an especially brazen way touter adman, advertiser, advertizer - someone whose business is advertising
	3.	tout - one who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack) tipster adviser, advisor, consultant - an expert who gives advice; "an adviser helped students select their courses"; "the United States sent military advisors to Guatemala" racetrack tout - someone who offers advice about betting on horses (either to influence the odds or in the hope of sharing some of the winnings)
Verb	1.	tout - advertize in strongly positive terms; "This product was touted as a revolutionary invention" pronounce, label, judge - pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here"
	2.	tout - show off                             boast, brag, gasconade, shoot a line, vaunt, gas, bluster, swash, blow puff - speak in a blustering or scornful manner; "A puffing kind of man" exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, overstate, amplify, magnify, overdraw - to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery" crow, gloat, triumph - dwell on with satisfaction

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tout

verb 1. (Informal) recommend, promote, endorse, support, tip, urge, approve, praise, commend, speak well of

verb 2. solicit, canvass, drum up, bark U.S. (informal) spiel

noun 3. seller, solicitor, barker, canvasser, spieler

Translations

tout [taut] vi to tout for business → solicitar clientes n ticket tout → revendedor(a) m/f

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tout [taut] vi to tout for → essayer de raccrocher, racoler;

to tout sth (around) (Brit) → essayer de placer or (re)vendre qch n (Brit) (= ticket tout); revendeur m de billets

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tout [taut] vi to tout for business → die Reklametrommel schlagen;

to tout for custom → auf Kundenfang gehen n (also: ticket tout) → Schwarzhändler, der Eintrittskarten zu überhöhten Preisen verkauft

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tout [taut] vi to tout for → procacciare, raccogliere ; cercare clienti per n (BRIT) (also: ticket tout) → bagarino;

to tout sth (around) (BRIT) → cercare di (ri)vendere qc

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tout

v tout [taut]

to go about in search of buyers, jobs, support, votes etc The taxi-driver drove around touting for custom. werf, lok يَطوفُ باحِثا عَن предлагам настойчиво ucházet se (o), nabízet forsøge at kapre werben ψαρεύω πελάτες buscar, intentar captar hankima جلب کردن pyydystää solliciter מְחַזֵר אַחֲרֵי לָקוֹחוֹת दलाली करना vrbovati, mamiti felhajt mencari pembeli, langganan dsb reyna að krækja sér í (andare in cerca di clienti) 求める 손님을 끌다; 귀찮게 조르다 ieškoti, žvejoti piedāvāt (preci); reklamēt; slavēt; aģitēt mencari pelanggan klanten lokken fallby, prøve å selge poszukiwać, zabiegać angariar a căuta зазывать клиентов ponúkať (tovar), lákať zákazníkov nabirati tražiti försöka skaffa, fiska efter ชักชวน müşteri aramak 招徠(顧客)，拉(選票) нав'язувати товар; рекламувати; агітувати за кандидата گاہک تلاش کرنا chào hàng 招徕（顾客），拉（选票）