tout
verb
[ taʊt ]
• attempt to sell (something), typically by a direct or persistent approach.
• "Sanjay was touting his wares"
• offer racing tips for a share of any resulting winnings.
tout
noun
• a person who buys up tickets for an event to resell them at a profit.
Similar:
illegal salesman,
ticket tout,
scalper,
• a person who offers racing tips for a share of any resulting winnings.
• an informer.
Origin:
Middle English tute ‘look out’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch tuit ‘spout, nozzle’. Later senses were ‘watch, spy on’ (late 17th century) and ‘solicit custom’ (mid 18th century). The noun was first recorded (early 18th century) in the slang use ‘thieves' lookout’.
tout
determiner
• used before the name of a city to refer to its high society or people of importance.
• "le tout Washington adored him"
Origin:
French, suggested by le tout Paris ‘all (of) Paris’, used to refer to Parisian high society.
