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单词 touting
释义 I. touting, vbl. n.1|ˈtaʊtɪŋ|
[f. tout v.1 + -ing1.]
The action of tout v.1
1731Gentl. Mag. Sept. 399/1 Soon as they set Eyes on you, off flies the Hat, Does your Honour want this, does your Honour want that?.. Now this, please your Honour, is what we call Tooting, A Trick in your Custom to get the first footing.1777Antiq. in Ann. Reg. ii. 149/2 Tooting at Tunbridge-wells means..inviting and bringing guests to their master's house.1820W. C. Oulton Pict. Margate 47 This practice, called by the inhabitants touting, is exceedingly troublesome to strangers upon their first landing at Margate.1883Manch. Exam. 26 Nov. 5/1 If there was any touting for the Irish vote at York.1894M. H. Hayes Men & Horses vi. (ed. 2) 93 The disease of touting is endemic in Newmarket.
II. touting, vbl. n.2
in touting-ken: see toot, tout v.3
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