Tout
verb
To talk about something or someone positively, usually to promote them.
He's always touting his own skills.
Often appears as...
- tout someone's skills
- tout the benefits
noun
A person who offers advice or opinions on a subject they claim to be expert in.
He's a well-known tout in the horse racing circle.
Often appears as...
- horse racing tout
- football tout
verb
To stop people at a place in order to sell them something, especially in a dishonest way.
He was seen touting tickets outside the theater.
Often appears as...
- tout tickets
- tout goods
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A person who sells tickets for events at a higher price than the original.
The tout sold me a football match ticket at twice its face value.
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To talk about something or someone positively, usually to promote them.
He's always touting his own skills.
Often appears as...
- tout someone's skills
- tout the benefits
noun
A person who offers advice or opinions on a subject they claim to be expert in.
He's a well-known tout in the horse racing circle.
Often appears as...
- horse racing tout
- football tout
verb
To stop people at a place in order to sell them something, especially in a dishonest way.
He was seen touting tickets outside the theater.
Often appears as...
- tout tickets
- tout goods
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A person who sells tickets for events at a higher price than the original.
The tout sold me a football match ticket at twice its face value.
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Promotional Context
The verb 'tout' often appears in marketing or hype-driven scenarios.
Tech companies tout their latest gadgets before the launch.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Spin
Using 'tout' implies a strongly positive message; often it's persuasive.
Candidates tout their policies to win votes.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Overstatement
'Tout' can subtly suggest exaggeration or overpromising.
She touted her app as a revolutionary tool.
Pro Tip 1/3Promotional Context
The verb 'tout' often appears in marketing or hype-driven scenarios.
Tech companies tout their latest gadgets before the launch.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Spin
Using 'tout' implies a strongly positive message; often it's persuasive.
Candidates tout their policies to win votes.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Overstatement
'Tout' can subtly suggest exaggeration or overpromising.
She touted her app as a revolutionary tool.
Pro Tip 1/3Promotional Context
The verb 'tout' often appears in marketing or hype-driven scenarios.
Tech companies tout their latest gadgets before the launch.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Spin
Using 'tout' implies a strongly positive message; often it's persuasive.
Candidates tout their policies to win votes.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Overstatement
'Tout' can subtly suggest exaggeration or overpromising.
She touted her app as a revolutionary tool.
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Solar Cooking PIPE National...
direct the sunshine onto a dark pot that then absorbs the sunshine and changes that light energy into heat energy and heat energy doesn't get out of the clear plastic bag it doesn't get out of the window solar cooking is also being touted as a sustainable way to purify
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Canada's Largest Drug...
to the lumber camp. And that's where I was when the RCMP arrived by helicopter, because the police had blocked off all the roads. So they asked, what's in the airplane? I said, "Cocaine." He says, how much? I says, "A lot." It's being touted as the biggest
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Stopping Pandemics, An...
but of course it the the will of the people to actually listen to follow science mayor bowser we know that uh dr fauci and all the other experts infectious disease experts continue to tout mask wearing social distancing of course hand washing all of those
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Dominic Price: What's...
And our most precious resource, the planet, is dying, and we have no planet B. So we're not happy at work. And we're not productive. And oddly, in the time of the pandemic, when we're touting mental health and wellness and the importance of people,
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4 ways to build a human...
it's small moments of attachment. In other words, intimacy. In our networked organizations, we tout the strength of weak ties but we underestimate the strength of strong ones. We forget the words of the writer Richard Bach who once said,
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How to rebuild the world...
now and that's ready for clearing thank you now this is exactly the kind of appropriate technology that has been touted around the developing world by development agencies because it's simple to make yourself and it makes the most
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How long does it take to...
How long does it take to get over a breakup? The good news is I've done the research for you. The bad news is that you might not like the answer. See, a few years back, a number of publications were touting a study
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How to spot a fad diet -...
or to opt for particular food substitutes, like drinks, bars, or powders. The truth is shedding pounds in the long run simply doesn't have a quick-fix solution. Not all diet crazes tout weight loss.
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3 lessons on success...
There is this word that everybody is touting as the key to resilience. Well, what exactly is resilience, and how do you develop it?
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A forgotten ancient...
Imagine that fonio is consumed all across the globe as other popular ancient grains. Fonio touted on the levels of cereals, breads,
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Solar Cooking PIPE National...
direct the sunshine onto a dark pot that then absorbs the sunshine and changes that light energy into heat energy and heat energy doesn't get out of the clear plastic bag it doesn't get out of the window solar cooking is also being touted as a sustainable way to purify
Video examples
Canada's Largest Drug...
to the lumber camp. And that's where I was when the RCMP arrived by helicopter, because the police had blocked off all the roads. So they asked, what's in the airplane? I said, "Cocaine." He says, how much? I says, "A lot." It's being touted as the biggest
Video examples
Stopping Pandemics, An...
but of course it the the will of the people to actually listen to follow science mayor bowser we know that uh dr fauci and all the other experts infectious disease experts continue to tout mask wearing social distancing of course hand washing all of those
Video examples
Dominic Price: What's...
And our most precious resource, the planet, is dying, and we have no planet B. So we're not happy at work. And we're not productive. And oddly, in the time of the pandemic, when we're touting mental health and wellness and the importance of people,
Video examples
4 ways to build a human...
it's small moments of attachment. In other words, intimacy. In our networked organizations, we tout the strength of weak ties but we underestimate the strength of strong ones. We forget the words of the writer Richard Bach who once said,
Video examples
How to rebuild the world...
now and that's ready for clearing thank you now this is exactly the kind of appropriate technology that has been touted around the developing world by development agencies because it's simple to make yourself and it makes the most
Video examples
How long does it take to...
How long does it take to get over a breakup? The good news is I've done the research for you. The bad news is that you might not like the answer. See, a few years back, a number of publications were touting a study
Video examples
How to spot a fad diet -...
or to opt for particular food substitutes, like drinks, bars, or powders. The truth is shedding pounds in the long run simply doesn't have a quick-fix solution. Not all diet crazes tout weight loss.
Video examples
3 lessons on success...
There is this word that everybody is touting as the key to resilience. Well, what exactly is resilience, and how do you develop it?
Video examples
A forgotten ancient...
Imagine that fonio is consumed all across the globe as other popular ancient grains. Fonio touted on the levels of cereals, breads,
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Michael Leunig
Australian Cartoonist
Practically every technology that is ever invented is touted as being the new savior, the thing that will bring peace and goodwill to the earth, but immediately it falls into other hands who see it as the opportunity to promote the very opposite.
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Shweta Basu Prasad
Indian Actress
Mars, the second planet from the sun in our solar system is touted to be the next home for human race in the coming decades if the research and understanding of the planet is cracked by the bigwigs of the science world.
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Mitchell Trubisky
American Athlete
Your life can change in one year. You can go from a nobody, not even getting any playing time on a college team, to being one of the most highly touted quarterbacks coming out of college for the draft.
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Jim Goetz
American Businessman
I am looking for unknowns who are passionate and mission-based. But I don't try to tout the next great thing I want to get in front of, because I don't set that course. The entrepreneurs do that.
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Jenna Morasca
American Model
For those few of you who never heard of 'The Secret,' it's a worldwide best selling book touting the benefits of positive and affirmative thinking, and sending good energy out into the world.
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Judd Trump
English Entertainer
From a very young age people have been touting me as a world champion. So it can be tough, playing in the spotlight and people expecting big things from you all the time.
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Robert De Niro
Actor
I've never been one of those actors who has touted myself as a fascinating human being. I had to decide early on whether I was to be an actor or a personality.
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Sendhil Mullainathan
American Economist
People will often take an interesting experimental study which has been done in the world, perhaps at small scale, and then it's touted as some big solution.
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Amari Cooper
American Athlete
If you're a highly touted free agent, you're going to get paid a lot of money no matter where you go.
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Laurence Fishburne
American Actor
There's a lot of stuff that's not good that's touted as being good.
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Michael Leunig
Australian Cartoonist
Practically every technology that is ever invented is touted as being the new savior, the thing that will bring peace and goodwill to the earth, but immediately it falls into other hands who see it as the opportunity to promote the very opposite.
Quote examples
Shweta Basu Prasad
Indian Actress
Mars, the second planet from the sun in our solar system is touted to be the next home for human race in the coming decades if the research and understanding of the planet is cracked by the bigwigs of the science world.
Quote examples
Mitchell Trubisky
American Athlete
Your life can change in one year. You can go from a nobody, not even getting any playing time on a college team, to being one of the most highly touted quarterbacks coming out of college for the draft.
Quote examples
Jim Goetz
American Businessman
I am looking for unknowns who are passionate and mission-based. But I don't try to tout the next great thing I want to get in front of, because I don't set that course. The entrepreneurs do that.
Quote examples
Jenna Morasca
American Model
For those few of you who never heard of 'The Secret,' it's a worldwide best selling book touting the benefits of positive and affirmative thinking, and sending good energy out into the world.
Quote examples
Judd Trump
English Entertainer
From a very young age people have been touting me as a world champion. So it can be tough, playing in the spotlight and people expecting big things from you all the time.
Quote examples
Robert De Niro
Actor
I've never been one of those actors who has touted myself as a fascinating human being. I had to decide early on whether I was to be an actor or a personality.
Quote examples
Sendhil Mullainathan
American Economist
People will often take an interesting experimental study which has been done in the world, perhaps at small scale, and then it's touted as some big solution.
Quote examples
Amari Cooper
American Athlete
If you're a highly touted free agent, you're going to get paid a lot of money no matter where you go.
Quote examples
Laurence Fishburne
American Actor
There's a lot of stuff that's not good that's touted as being good.
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