tout

/taʊt/

/taʊt/

Other forms: touted; touting; touts

To tout means to praise, boast, or brag about. If you like to tout your skill as a skier, you tell people you can go down expert-level hills.

Sometimes parents will get into bragging wars about their children, each touting the accomplishments of his or her child. Sometimes the word means more of "to claim." The company touted the lotion as a solution to wrinkles. Broccoli has been touted as the cancer-fighting vegetable. In England, a tout is a person who gives advice about gambling. If you're looking to play some money on the ponies, go see the tout who hangs out at Jackie’s bar for a tip.

Definitions of tout

1. verb

   advertise in strongly positive terms
   “This product was touted as a revolutionary invention”

   type of:

   judge, label, pronounce

   pronounce judgment on
2. verb

   show off
   synonyms: blow, bluster, boast, brag, gas, gasconade, shoot a line, swash, vaunt

   types:

   puff

   speak in a blustering or scornful manner

   crow, gloat, triumph

   dwell on with satisfaction

   congratulate, preen

   pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement

   type of:

   amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate

   to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
3. noun

   someone who advertises for customers in an especially brazen way
   synonyms: touter

   type of:

   adman, advertiser, advertizer

   someone whose business is advertising
4. noun

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

   types:

   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)

   type of:

   adviser, advisor, consultant

   an expert who gives advice
5. noun

   someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit
   synonyms: ticket tout

   type of:

   scalper

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