tout

tout

T0291400 (tout)v. tout·ed, tout·ing, touts v.tr.1. To promote or praise energetically; publicize: "For every study touting the benefits of hormone therapy, another warns of the risks" (Yanick Rice Lamb).2. To solicit or importune: street vendors who were touting pedestrians.3. Chiefly British To obtain or sell information on (a racehorse or stable) for the guidance of bettors.v.intr.1. To solicit customers, votes, or patronage, especially in a brazen way.2. Chiefly British To obtain and deal in information on racehorses.n.1. One who solicits customers brazenly or persistently: "The administration of the nation's literary affairs falls naturally into the hands of touts and thieves" (Lewis H. Lapham).2. Chiefly British One who obtains information on racehorses and their prospects and sells it to bettors.3. Chiefly Scots and Irish Slang One who informs against others; an informer.

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[Early Modern English, to be on the lookout for (customers, information, etc.), from Middle English tuten, to peer; akin to Old English tōtian, to protrude, peep out.]

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tout′er n.

tout

(taʊt) vb1. (Commerce) to solicit (business, customers, etc) or hawk (merchandise), esp in a brazen way2. (Horse Racing) (intr) a. to spy on racehorses being trained in order to obtain information for betting purposesb. to sell, or attempt to sell, such information or to take bets, esp in public places3. (tr) informal to recommend flatteringly or excessivelyn4. (Horse Racing) a. a person who spies on racehorses so as to obtain betting information to sellb. a person who sells information obtained by such spying5. a person who solicits business in a brazen way6. (Commerce) Also called: ticket tout a person who sells tickets unofficially for a heavily booked sporting event, concert, etc, at greatly inflated prices7. Ulster a police informer[C14 (in the sense: to peer, look out): related to Old English tӯtan to peep out] ˈtouter n

tout

(taʊt)
Informal. v.i. 1. to solicit business, employment, votes, or the like, importunately. 2. to act as a tout. v.t. 3. to solicit importunately. 4. to describe or advertise boastfully; praise extravagantly: a highly touted nightclub. 5. to provide information on (a racehorse), esp. for a fee. 6. to watch; spy on. n. 7. a person who solicits business, employment, etc., importunately. 8. a. a person who gives information on a racehorse, esp. for a fee. b. Chiefly Brit. a person who spies on a racehorse in training for the purpose of betting. [1350–1400; Middle English tuten to look out, peer]

tout

Past participle: touted
Gerund: touting

Imperative
tout
tout

Present
I tout
you tout
he/she/it touts
we tout
you tout
they tout

Preterite
I touted
you touted
he/she/it touted
we touted
you touted
they touted

Present Continuous
I am touting
you are touting
he/she/it is touting
we are touting
you are touting
they are touting

Present Perfect
I have touted
you have touted
he/she/it has touted
we have touted
you have touted
they have touted

Past Continuous
I was touting
you were touting
he/she/it was touting
we were touting
you were touting
they were touting

Past Perfect
I had touted
you had touted
he/she/it had touted
we had touted
you had touted
they had touted

Future
I will tout
you will tout
he/she/it will tout
we will tout
you will tout
they will tout

Future Perfect
I will have touted
you will have touted
he/she/it will have touted
we will have touted
you will have touted
they will have touted

Future Continuous
I will be touting
you will be touting
he/she/it will be touting
we will be touting
you will be touting
they will be touting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been touting
you have been touting
he/she/it has been touting
we have been touting
you have been touting
they have been touting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been touting
you will have been touting
he/she/it will have been touting
we will have been touting
you will have been touting
they will have been touting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been touting
you had been touting
he/she/it had been touting
we had been touting
you had been touting
they had been touting

Conditional
I would tout
you would tout
he/she/it would tout
we would tout
you would tout
they would tout

Past Conditional
I would have touted
you would have touted
he/she/it would have touted
we would have touted
you would have touted
they would have touted

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tout - someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profitticket toutBritain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdomscalper - someone who buys something and resells it at a price far above the initial cost; "he got theater tickets through a scalper"
	2.	tout - someone who advertises for customers in an especially brazen waytouteradman, advertiser, advertizer - someone whose business is advertising
	3.	tout - one who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack)tipsteradviser, advisor, consultant - an expert who gives advice; "an adviser helped students select their courses"; "the United States sent military advisors to Guatemala"racetrack tout - someone who offers advice about betting on horses (either to influence the odds or in the hope of sharing some of the winnings)
Verb	1.	tout - advertize in strongly positive terms; "This product was touted as a revolutionary invention"pronounce, label, judge - pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here"
	2.	tout - show off boast, brag, gasconade, shoot a line, vaunt, gas, bluster, swash, blowpuff - speak in a blustering or scornful manner; "A puffing kind of man"exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, overstate, amplify, magnify, overdraw - to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"crow, gloat, triumph - dwell on with satisfaction

tout

verb1. (Informal) recommend, promote, endorse, support, tip, urge, approve, praise, commend, big up (slang, chiefly Caribbean), speak well of the advertising practice of using performers to tout products2. (Informal) praise, tip, promote, urge, endorse, big up (slang, chiefly Caribbean) He was being touted as the most interesting thing in pop.3. solicit, canvass, drum up, bark (U.S. informal), spiel He visited several foreign countries to tout for business.noun1. seller, solicitor, barker, canvasser, spieler a ticket tout

tout

verbTo increase or seek to increase the importance or reputation of by favorable publicity:ballyhoo, boost, build up, enhance, promote, publicize, puff, talk up.Informal: plug.Slang: hype.

Translations

拉选票招徕

tout

(taut) verb to go about in search of buyers, jobs, support, votes etc. The taxi-driver drove around touting for custom. 招徠(顧客)，拉(選票) 招徕（顾客），拉（选票）