tout
Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive waySomeone advertising for customers in an aggressive way.
» Dan touted his racist ideas to his friends.
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5 sensesSomeone advertising for customers in an aggressive way.
Be careful of the ticket touts outside the arena; they are famed for selling counterfeits.
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впа́рювальникvpárjuvalʹnyk
someone who advertises for customers in an especially brazen way
A person at a racecourse who offers supposedly inside information on which horse is likely to win.
(colloquial)An informer in the Irish Republican Army.
In the game of solo, a proposal to win all eight tricks.
(archaic, colloquial)A spy for a smuggler, thief, or the like.
Examples
9 sentencesDan touted his racist ideas to his friends.
Tom likes to tout the importance of crypto.
Esperanto has often been touted as "the universal language."
deEsperanto wird oft als „die universelle Sprache“ angepriesen. — Yorwba
He didn't miss the opportunity to tout his bona fides.
Tech bros love to tout their visions for a "better" world.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English touten (“to jut out, protrude, gaze upon, observe, peer”), from Old EnFrom 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”).
Probably from French tout (“all”).
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plural: toutsSynonyms
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