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