tout : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: tout	by the DICT Development Group
10 results for tout
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tout n someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit Synonym(s): tout, ticket tout someone who advertises for customers in an especially brazen way Synonym(s): tout, touter one who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack) Synonym(s): tipster, tout v advertize in strongly positive terms; "This product was touted as a revolutionary invention" show off Synonym(s): boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tout \Tout\, n. [Prob. fr. F. tout all.] In the game of solo, a proposal to win all eight tricks.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tout \Tout\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Touted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Touting}.] 1. To look narrowly; spy. [Scot. & Dial. Eng.] 2. (Horse Racing) (a) To spy out the movements of race horses at their trials, or to get by stealth or other improper means the secrets of the stable, for betting purposes. [Cant, Eng.] (b) To act as a tout; to tout, or give a tip on, a race horse. [Cant, U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tout \Tout\, v. t. (Horse Racing) (a) To spy out information about, as a racing stable or horse. [Cant, Eng.] (b) To give a tip on (a race horse) to a better with the expectation of sharing in the latter's winnings. [Cant, U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tout \Tout\, n. 1. One who gives a tip on a race horses for an expected compensation, esp. in hopes of a share in any winnings; -- usually contemptuous. [Cant, U. S.] 2. One who solicits custom, as a runner for a hotel, cab, gambling place. [Colloq.] 3. A spy for a smuggler, thief, or the like. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tout \Tout\ (t[oomac]t), v. i. [See 1st {Toot}.] 1. To act as a tout. See 2d {Tout}. [Cant. Eng.] 2. To ply or seek for customers. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tout \Tout\, n. One who secretly watches race horses which are in course of training, to get information about their capabilities, for use in betting. [Cant. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tout \Tout\, v. i. [See 3d {Toot}. ] To toot a horn.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tout \Tout\, n. The anus. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Toot \Toot\, v. i. [OE. toten, AS. totian to project; hence, to peep out.] [Written also {tout}.] 1. To stand out, or be prominent. [Obs.] --Howell. 2. To peep; to look narrowly. [Obs.] --Latimer. For birds in bushes tooting. --Spenser.