| VERB | communication | tout | advertize in strongly positive terms |
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| communication | tout, boast, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade | show off | |
| NOUN | person | tout, ticket tout | someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit |
| person | tout, touter | someone who advertises for customers in an especially brazen way | |
| person | tout, tipster | one who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack) |
| Sounds | taw't | |
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| Rhymes | about ... workout: 67 rhymes with awt... | |
| Meaning | someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit. | |
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| Synonym | ticket tout | |
| Region | United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain | A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles |
| Broader | scalper | someone who buys something and resells it at a price far above the initial cost |
| Meaning | someone who advertises for customers in an especially brazen way. | |
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| Synonym | touter | |
| Broader | advertiser, advertizer, adman | someone whose business is advertising |
| Spanish | cazaclientes, espabilado | |
| Verbs | tout | advertize in strongly positive terms |
| Meaning | One who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack). | |
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| Synonym | tipster | |
| Narrower | racetrack tout | someone who offers advice about betting on horses (either to influence the odds or in the hope of sharing some of the winnings) |
| Broader | adviser, advisor, consultant | An expert who gives advice |
| Spanish | pronosticador | |
| Catalan | pronosticador | |
| Meaning | advertize in strongly positive terms. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something Adjective/Noun | |
| Example | "This product was touted as a revolutionary invention" | |
| Broader | pronounce, label, judge | pronounce judgment on |
| Nouns | tout, touter | someone who advertises for customers in an especially brazen way |
| Meaning | show off. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE; Somebody ----s to somebody | |
| Synonyms | boast, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade | |
| Narrower | gloat, triumph, crow | Dwell on with satisfaction |
| puff | speak in a blustering or scornful manner | |
| Broader | overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify | To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth |
| Spanish | alardear, bravear, dragonear, fachendear, fanfarronear, farolear, gallardear, gloriarse, jactarse, ostentar, presumir, ufanarse, vanagloriarse | |
| Catalan | fanfarronejar, gallejar, jactar-se, vanar-se | |
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