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tout
[ tout ]
/ taʊt /
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verb (used without object)
to persistently solicit business, employment, votes, or the like.
Horse Racing. to act as a tout.
verb (used with object)
noun
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Origin of tout
First recorded in 1350–1400; from Middle English tuten “to look out, peer”; probably akin to Old English tōtian “to peep out”
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British Dictionary definitions for tout
tout
/ (taʊt) /
verb
to solicit (business, customers, etc) or hawk (merchandise), esp in a brazen way
(intr)
- to spy on racehorses being trained in order to obtain information for betting purposes
- to sell, or attempt to sell, such information or to take bets, esp in public places
(tr) informal to recommend flatteringly or excessively
noun
Derived forms of tout
touter, nounWord Origin for tout
C14 (in the sense: to peer, look out): related to Old English tӯtan to peep out
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