verb · transitive · rare

tout

tout · touts · touted · touting

нахвалювати

навязывать, расхваливать

werben für, aufdringlich ankündigen, aufdrängen

To flaunt, to publicize/publiciseTo flaunt, to publicize/publicise; to boast or brag about; to promote.

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US/tʌʊt/

» Dan touted his racist ideas to his friends.

Meaning

7 senses

(transitive)To flaunt, to publicize/publicise; to boast or brag about; to promote.
Mary has been touted as a potential successor to the current CEO.
aufdringlich ankündigen, werben für, aufdrängen
навязыватьnavjazyvatʹ, расхваливатьrasxvalivatʹ
нахва́люватиnaxváljuvaty
(UK, slang, transitive)To spy out information about (a horse, a racing stable, etc.).
(US, slang, transitive)To give a tip on (a racehorse) to a person, with the expectation of sharing in any winnings.
(UK, intransitive, slang)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, intransitive, slang)To act as a tout; to give a tip on a racehorse.
(intransitive)To look for, try to obtain; used with for.
(obsolete)To look upon or watch.

More definitions

advertize in strongly positive terms
show off

Examples

9 sentences

Dan touted his racist ideas to his friends.
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Tom likes to tout the importance of crypto.
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Esperanto has often been touted as "the universal language."
deEsperanto wird oft als „die universelle Sprache“ angepriesen.
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He didn't miss the opportunity to tout his bona fides.
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Tech bros love to tout their visions for a "better" world.
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Translations

7 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

To flaunt, publicize/publicise, boast or brag about, promote:

Русский

By meaning 1

To flaunt, publicize/publicise, boast or brag about, promote:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

To flaunt, publicize/publicise, boast or brag about, promote:

Origin

From Middle English touten (“to jut out, protrude, gaze upon, observe, peer”), from Old En

From Middle English touten (“to jut out, protrude, gaze upon, observe, peer”), from Old English *tūtian (“to be sticking out, protrude”), related to Old English tȳtan (“to stand out, be conspicuous, shine”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *tut(t)- (“to stick out, project”). Compare Icelandic túta (“a teat-like prominence”), tútna (“to be blown up”). Possibly influenced by dialectal toot (“to stick out; project; peer out; peep”), from Middle English toten, totien, from Old English tōtian (“to peep out; look; pry; spectate”). Compare also Old English tot, ġetot (“pomp, splendour, vainglory”).

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