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Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
tout (verb)transitive verb
1.
to spy on - watch
2.
a) British to spy out information about (as a racing stable or horse)
b) to give a tip or solicit bets on (a racehorse)
3.
to solicit, peddle, or persuade importunately - not meant to tout you off the movie Russell Baker
4.
intransitive verb
to make much of - promote talk up touted as the summer's blockbuster movie the college's much touted women's studies program
1.
to solicit patronage
2.
a) chiefly British to spy on racehorses in training to gain information for betting
b) to give a tip or solicit bets on a racehorse
one who as - touts
a) one who solicits patronage
b) chiefly British one who spies out racing information for betting purposes
c) one who gives tips or solicits bets on a racehorse
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
tout (verb)1.
to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively
SYNONYMS:
ballyhoo, blow up, crack up, cry up, glorify, trumpet, tub-thumpRELATED WORDS:
acclaim, applaud, extol ( extoll), laud, magnify; commend, compliment, eulogize; advance, advertise, announce, blare, blaze, blazon, boost, herald, offer, plug, promote, publicize; assert, aver, claim, declare, lay down, make out, proclaim, pronounce2.
to declare enthusiastic approval of
SYNONYMS:
accredit, applaud, cheer, crack up, hail, laud, praise, salute, toutRELATED WORDS:
bravo, clap, rise (to); ballyhoo; approve, commend, endorse ( indorse), favor, recommend, root (for), support; celebrate, emblazon, eulogize, extol ( extoll), glorify, magnify, sing; adulate, belaud, flatter, overpraise; deify, idolizeNEAR ANTONYMS:
belittle, discommend, disparage, put down; blame, censure, reprehend, reprobate; admonish, chide, criticize, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove; castigate, excoriate, keelhaul, lambaste ( lambast), skewer, slag [], vilify3.
to provide publicity for
SYNONYMS:
ballyhoo, hype, pitch, plug, promote, talk up, toutRELATED WORDS:
advertise, bark, merchandise ( merchandize), sell; push; acclaim, hail, laud, praise; endorse ( indorse), plump (for), plunk (for) plonk (for); recommend, review; announce, broadcast, publish