tout: Meaning and Definition of

tout

1. to solicit business, employment, votes, or the like, importunately.
2. to act as a tout.

1. to solicit support for importunately.
2. to describe or advertise boastfully; publicize or promote; praise extravagantly: a highly touted nightclub.
1. to provide information on (a horse) running in a particular race, esp. for a fee.
2. to spy on (a horse in training) in order to gain information for the purpose of betting.
4. to watch; spy on.

1. a person who solicits business, employment, support, or the like, importunately.
1. a person who gives information on a horse, esp. for a fee.
2. Chiefly Brit.a person who spies on a horse in training for the purpose of betting.
3. a ticket scalper.