tout

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way.

   “Be careful of the ticket touts outside the arena; they are famed for selling counterfeits.”

2. isim A person at a racecourse who offers supposedly inside information on which horse is likely to win.

   “No one, however, would have anything to do with him, as Mr. Keeson's orders in those respects were very strict ; he had often threatened any one of his employés with instant dismissal if he found him in company with one of these touts.”

3. isim An informer in the Irish Republican Army.

   “The Derry Brigade of the IRA thought it had got rid of its informer problem when earlier that year it executed Paddy Flood as a tout, after holding him for six weeks.”

4. isim A spy for a smuggler, thief, or the like.
5. fiil To flaunt, to publicize/publicise; to boast or brag about; to promote.

   “Mary has been touted as a potential successor to the current CEO.”

6. fiil To spy out information about (a horse, a racing stable, etc.).
7. fiil To give a tip on (a racehorse) to a person, with the expectation of sharing in any winnings.
8. fiil To spy out the movements of racehorses at their trials, or to get by stealth or other improper means the secrets of the stable, for betting purposes.
9. fiil To act as a tout; to give a tip on a racehorse.
10. fiil To look for, try to obtain; used with for.

    “To understand the new London, I lived it. I slept rough with Roma beggars and touted for work with Baltic laborers on the kerb.”

11. fiil To look upon or watch.

    “Nor durst Orcanes view the Soldan's face, / But still upon the floor did pore and tout.”

12. isim In the game of solo, a proposal to win all eight tricks.