tipster, tout
(noun) one who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack)
tout, touter
(noun) someone who advertises for customers in an especially brazen way
tout, ticket tout
(noun) someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit
boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade
(verb) show off
tout
(verb) advertize in strongly positive terms; “This product was touted as a revolutionary invention”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tout (plural touts)
Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way.
A person, at a racecourse, who offers supposedly inside information on which horse is likely to win.
(colloquial, archaic) A spy for a smuggler, thief, or similar.
(colloquial) An informer in the Irish Republican Army.
• (one advertising aggressively for customers): barker, pitchman, spruiker
tout (third-person singular simple present touts, present participle touting, simple past and past participle touted)
(transitive) To flaunt, to publicize/publicise; to boast or brag; to promote.
(obsolete) To look upon or watch.
(UK, slang, horse-racing, transitive) To spy out information about (a horse, a racing stable, etc.).
(US, slang, horse-racing, transitive) To give a tip on (a racehorse) to a person, with the expectation of sharing in any winnings.
(UK, slang, horse-racing, intransitive) To spy out the movements of racehorses at their trials, or to get by stealth or other improper means the secrets of the stable, for betting purposes.
(US, slang, horse-racing, intransitive) To act as a tout; to give a tip on a racehorse.
(intransitive) To look for, try to obtain; used with for.
• pimp
• pitch
• promote
• spruik
tout
(card games) In the game of solo, a proposal to win all eight tricks.
Source: Wiktionary
Tout, v. t. Etym: [See 1st Toot.]
1. To act as a tout. See 2d Tout. [Cant. Eng.]
2. To ply or seek for customers. [Prov. Eng.]
Tout, n.
Definition: 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, v. t. Etym: [See 3d Toot. ]
Definition: To toot a horn.
Tout, n
Definition: The anus. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 April 2024
(verb) hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty; “The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks”
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