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tout

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someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit(noun.person)

Synonym:
ticket tout

source: wordnet30
someone who advertises for customers in an especially brazen way(noun.person)

Synonym:
touter

source: wordnet30
one who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack)(noun.person)

Synonym:
tipster

source: wordnet30
One who secretly watches race horses which are in course of training, to get information about their capabilities, for use in betting.(noun)

source: webster1913
The anus.(noun)

source: webster1913
In the game of solo, a proposal to win all eight tricks.(noun)

source: webster1913
One who gives a tip on a race horses for an expected compensation, esp. in hopes of a share in any winnings; -- usually contemptuous.(noun)

source: webster1913

advertize in strongly positive terms(verb.communication)

Example:
This product was touted as a revolutionary invention.

source: wordnet30
show off(verb.communication)

Synonym:
blow, bluster, boast, brag, gas, gasconade, shoot a line, swash, vaunt

source: wordnet30
To act as a tout. See 2d Tout.(verb)

source: webster1913
To toot a horn.(verb)

source: webster1913
To look narrowly; spy.(verb)

source: webster1913
To spy out information about, as a racing stable or horse.(verb)

source: webster1913

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