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Meaning of tout

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  tout
      n 1: someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell
           them at a profit [syn: {tout}, {ticket tout}]
      2: someone who advertises for customers in an especially brazen
         way [syn: {tout}, {touter}]
      3: one who sells advice about gambling or speculation
         (especially at the racetrack) [syn: {tipster}, {tout}]
      v 1: advertize in strongly positive terms; "This product was
           touted as a revolutionary invention"
      2: show off [syn: {boast}, {tout}, {swash}, {shoot a line},
         {brag}, {gas}, {blow}, {bluster}, {vaunt}, {gasconade}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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