noun · verb · 17 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/taʊt/
Canada:/tʌʊt/
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rhymes with -aʊt
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Be careful of the ticket touts outside the arena; they are famed for selling counterfeits.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: barker, pitchman, spruiker
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A person at a racecourse who offers supposedly inside information on which horse is likely to win.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
An informer in the Irish Republican Army.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A spy for a smuggler, thief, or the like.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, colloquial
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
In the game of solo, a proposal to win all eight tricks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: card-games, games
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
verb
Meaning 6
To flaunt, to publicize/publicise; to boast or brag about; to promote.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
Mary has been touted as a potential successor to the current CEO.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
verb
Meaning 7
To spy out information about (a horse, a racing stable, etc.).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
This product was touted as a revolutionary invention
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pronounce, label, judge
History
Etymology
From 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”).
Across languages
Translations
58 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bengali:
টাউট
(ṭauṭ)
— someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way
French:
racoleur
— someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way
French:
vendeur ambulant
— someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way
French:
rabatteur
— someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way
French:
pronostiqueur
— someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way
German:
Drogenvermittler
— someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way
German:
Drogenvermittlerin
— someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way
German:
Kartenschwarzhändler
— someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way
German:
Kartenschwarzhändlerin
— someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way
German:
Schlepperin
— someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way
German:
Marktschreier
— someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way
Indonesian:
calo
— someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way
Italian:
strillone
— someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way
Italian:
imbonitore
— someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way
Polish:
naganiacz
— someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way
Spanish:
gancho
— someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way
Swedish:
biljettförsäljare
— someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way
Swedish:
kundvärvare
— someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way
Turkish:
arsız satıcı
— someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way
Turkish:
çığırtkan
— someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way
Turkish:
karaborsacı
— someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way
Turkish:
tahminci
— someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way
Ukrainian:
впа́рювальник
(vpárjuvalʹnyk)
— someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way
Bulgarian:
натрапвам
(natrapvam)
— To flaunt, publicize/publicise, boast or brag about, promote
Czech:
vnucovat
— To flaunt, publicize/publicise, boast or brag about, promote
Czech:
podstrkovat
— To flaunt, publicize/publicise, boast or brag about, promote
Czech:
nabízet (dotěrně)
— To flaunt, publicize/publicise, boast or brag about, promote
Dutch:
klanten lokken scharrelen
— To flaunt, publicize/publicise, boast or brag about, promote
Dutch:
verhandelen
— To flaunt, publicize/publicise, boast or brag about, promote
Dutch:
sjacheren
— To flaunt, publicize/publicise, boast or brag about, promote
Dutch:
werven
— To flaunt, publicize/publicise, boast or brag about, promote
Finnish:
kehua
— To flaunt, publicize/publicise, boast or brag about, promote
Finnish:
ylistää
— To flaunt, publicize/publicise, boast or brag about, promote
Finnish:
mainostaa
— To flaunt, publicize/publicise, boast or brag about, promote
French:
racoler
— To flaunt, publicize/publicise, boast or brag about, promote
German:
aufdringlich ankündigen
— To flaunt, publicize/publicise, boast or brag about, promote
German:
werben für
— To flaunt, publicize/publicise, boast or brag about, promote
German:
aufdrängen
— To flaunt, publicize/publicise, boast or brag about, promote
Indonesian:
menawari
— To flaunt, publicize/publicise, boast or brag about, promote
Indonesian:
menawarkan
— To flaunt, publicize/publicise, boast or brag about, promote
Indonesian:
membujuk
— To flaunt, publicize/publicise, boast or brag about, promote
Italian:
pubblicizzare
— To flaunt, publicize/publicise, boast or brag about, promote
Italian:
propagandare
— To flaunt, publicize/publicise, boast or brag about, promote
Italian:
sbandierare
— To flaunt, publicize/publicise, boast or brag about, promote
Romanian:
racola
— To flaunt, publicize/publicise, boast or brag about, promote
Russian:
навязывать
(navjazyvatʹ)
— To flaunt, publicize/publicise, boast or brag about, promote
Russian:
расхваливать
(rasxvalivatʹ)
— To flaunt, publicize/publicise, boast or brag about, promote
Spanish:
ofrecer
— To flaunt, publicize/publicise, boast or brag about, promote
Spanish:
publicitar
— To flaunt, publicize/publicise, boast or brag about, promote
Spanish:
presumir
— To flaunt, publicize/publicise, boast or brag about, promote
Spanish:
promocionar
— To flaunt, publicize/publicise, boast or brag about, promote
Spanish:
propagandear
— To flaunt, publicize/publicise, boast or brag about, promote
Swedish:
pracka (på ngn en vara)
— To flaunt, publicize/publicise, boast or brag about, promote
Turkish:
çığırtkanlık etmek
— To flaunt, publicize/publicise, boast or brag about, promote
Turkish:
tiyo vermek
— To flaunt, publicize/publicise, boast or brag about, promote
Turkish:
müşteri toplamak
— To flaunt, publicize/publicise, boast or brag about, promote
Ukrainian:
нахва́лювати
(naxváljuvaty)
— To flaunt, publicize/publicise, boast or brag about, promote
Vietnamese:
công bố
— To flaunt, publicize/publicise, boast or brag about, promote