touted; touting; touts
1
2
: to solicit, peddle, or persuade importunately
… not meant to tout you off the movie.—
Russell Baker
Russell Baker3
: to spy on : watch
4
a
British
: to spy out information about (a racing stable, a horse, etc.)
b
: to give a tip or solicit bets on (a racehorse)
1
: to solicit patronage
2
a
chiefly British
: to spy on racehorses in training to gain information for betting
b
: to give a tip or solicit bets on a racehorse
: one who touts: such as
a
: one who solicits patronage
b
chiefly British
: one who spies out racing information for betting purposes
c
: one who gives tips or solicits bets on a racehorse
Examples of tout in a Sentence
Verb
The company is running advertisements touting the drug's effectiveness.
The company's stock is being touted by many financial advisers.
People were touting tickets outside the stadium.
People were touting outside the stadium.
Recent Examples on the Web
Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 11 Dec. 2025
The webpage touting the Equality of Opportunity Initiative began redirecting to the Chamber of Commerce’s home page.
—Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025
This holiday event is for the whole family and touts a colorful drive-through light display using more than 300,000 lights.
—Mara Williams, Kansas City Star, 11 Dec. 2025
Musk has suggested the effort could save the government hundreds of billions, and possibly $2 trillion, though some of the cost savings figures touted by DOGE have been called into question.
—Joe Walsh, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
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Verb
The 275-bed shelter is partly modeled after eight other shelters the city and county have opened in recent years — shelters that elected officials frequently tout as successes.
—Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 11 Dec. 2025
The webpage touting the Equality of Opportunity Initiative began redirecting to the Chamber of Commerce’s home page.
—Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025
This holiday event is for the whole family and touts a colorful drive-through light display using more than 300,000 lights.
—Mara Williams, Kansas City Star, 11 Dec. 2025
Musk has suggested the effort could save the government hundreds of billions, and possibly $2 trillion, though some of the cost savings figures touted by DOGE have been called into question.
—Joe Walsh, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
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“Tout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tout. Accessed 17 Dec. 2025.
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