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tout
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- pronunciation:
- taUt
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun)
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
touts, touting, touted |
| definition 1: |
to publicize flatteringly and boastfully.
The company is touting its new product as a miracle drug.The film's producer touted his new starlet unabashedly.- synonyms:
- boost, hype
- similar words:
- advertise, ballyhoo, bill, brag about, extol, plug, promote, publicize, push, vaunt
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| definition 2: |
to solicit aggressively or persistently; importune.
- synonyms:
- importune, solicit
- similar words:
- accost, approach
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| definition 3: |
to give or sell inside information on (a racehorse, a horse race, or the like) to bettors, or to obtain (information) for this purpose.
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to seek customers, votes, or the like by importunate or brazen means.
- synonyms:
- solicit
- similar words:
- hawk
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| definition 2: |
to obtain and dispense information or predictions to bettors on horse races.
- similar words:
- tip
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| related words: |
solicit |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
one who obtains and gives or sells information or predictions on racehorses to bettors.
- synonyms:
- tipster
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| definition 2: |
a publicist or solicitor, esp. one who uses boastful or importunate means.
- similar words:
- advertiser, booster, huckster, publicist, solicitor
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