tout
[noun]
Synonyms: lookout, surveillance, vigil, vigilance, watch, watch and ward
[verb]
Synonyms: ballyhoo, herald, trumpet

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Related Idioms: praise to the skies
Related Words: proclaim, publicize, plug, promote, acclaim, laud, praise

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. tout¹ /taʊt/ verb
[Date: 1700-1800; Origin: tout 'to look secretly, watch' (14-19 centuries), perhaps from an unrecorded Old English tutian]

1. [transitive] to praise something or someone in order to persuade people that they are important or worth a lot:
his much touted musical
be touted as something
Nell is being touted as the next big thing in Hollywood.

2. [intransitive and transitive] especially British English to try to persuade people to buy goods or services you are offering
tout for business/custom British English (=look for customers)
Minicab drivers are not allowed to tout for business.

3. [intransitive and transitive] American English to give someone information about a horse in a race

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. tout² (also ticket tout) noun [countable] British English
someone who buys tickets for a concert, sports match etc and sells them at a higher price, usually on the street near a sports ground, theatre etc Synonym : scalper American English

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲