Standard Lemma guide

tout

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/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aʊt
  • CMU ARPABET: T AW1 T 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

Usage: UK, slang, transitive

Topics: hobbies, horse-racing, horseracing, horses, lifestyle, pets, racing, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

To give a tip on (a racehorse) to a person, with the expectation of sharing in any winnings.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, slang, transitive

Topics: hobbies, horse-racing, horseracing, horses, lifestyle, pets, racing, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

verb

Meaning 9

To spy out the movements of racehorses at their trials, or to get by stealth or other improper means the secrets of the stable, for betting purposes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, intransitive, slang

Topics: hobbies, horse-racing, horseracing, horses, lifestyle, pets, racing, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

verb

Meaning 10

To act as a tout; to give a tip on a racehorse.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, intransitive, slang

Topics: hobbies, horse-racing, horseracing, horses, lifestyle, pets, racing, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

verb

Meaning 11

To look for, try to obtain; used with for.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

verb

Meaning 12

To look upon or watch.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

one who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tipster

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: adviser, advisor, consultant

Narrower terms: racetrack tout

14

noun

Meaning 14

someone who advertises for customers in an especially brazen way

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: touter

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: advertiser, advertizer, adman

15

noun

Meaning 15

someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ticket tout

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: scalper

16

verb

Meaning 16

show off

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: boast, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify

Narrower terms: puff, gloat, triumph, crow

17

verb

Meaning 17

advertize in strongly positive terms

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 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