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TOUT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

tipster; tout

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("tout" is a kind of...):

adviser; advisor; consultant (an expert who gives advice)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tout"):

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))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who advertises for customers in an especially brazen way

Synonyms:

tout; touter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("tout" is a kind of...):

adman; advertiser; advertizer (someone whose business is advertising)

Derivation:

tout (advertize in strongly positive terms)

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

ticket tout; tout

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("tout" is a kind of...):

scalper (someone who buys something and resells it at a price far above the initial cost)

Domain region:

Britain; 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 Kingdom)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Show off

Synonyms:

blow; bluster; boast; brag; gas; gasconade; shoot a line; swash; tout; vaunt

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "tout" is one way to...):

amplify; exaggerate; hyperbolise; hyperbolize; magnify; overdraw; overstate (to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "tout"):

puff (speak in a blustering or scornful manner)

crow; gloat; triumph (dwell on with satisfaction)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s to somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Advertize in strongly positive terms

Example:

This product was touted as a revolutionary invention

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "tout" is one way to...):

judge; label; pronounce (pronounce judgment on)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something Adjective/Noun

Derivation:

tout; touter (someone who advertises for customers in an especially brazen way)

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