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tout

UK/taʊt/ US/tʌʊt/ uncommon archaic obsolete slang uk us
noun (3) verb (2)

noun

1.

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

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2.

someone who advertises for customers in an especially brazen way

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3.

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

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verb

1.

advertize in strongly positive terms

  • “This product was touted as a revolutionary invention”
2.

Origin

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”).

Phrases

  • ticket tout

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