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.
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Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026
Other notable crime trends touted by city officials include a 16% decrease in shootings, robberies being down 24%, car break-ins down 43% and vehicle thefts being down 44%.
—Tim Fang, CBS News, 2 Jan. 2026
The company has channeled its ambitions towards robotaxis and humanoid robots, which CEO Elon Musk has touted as the vision for Tesla's future.
—Sean Conlon,fred Imbert, CNBC, 2 Jan. 2026
Cracker Barrel once routinely served a traditional New Year's Day fare at its restaurants, touting complimentary black-eyed peas for customers in social media promotions — but that seemingly stopped a few years ago.
—Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 1 Jan. 2026
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Verb
In some cases, colleges are quietly slipping AI into their evaluation work, while others are touting the technology’s potential to speed up their review of applications, cut processing times and perform some tasks better than humans.
—Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026
Other notable crime trends touted by city officials include a 16% decrease in shootings, robberies being down 24%, car break-ins down 43% and vehicle thefts being down 44%.
—Tim Fang, CBS News, 2 Jan. 2026
The company has channeled its ambitions towards robotaxis and humanoid robots, which CEO Elon Musk has touted as the vision for Tesla's future.
—Sean Conlon,fred Imbert, CNBC, 2 Jan. 2026
Cracker Barrel once routinely served a traditional New Year's Day fare at its restaurants, touting complimentary black-eyed peas for customers in social media promotions — but that seemingly stopped a few years ago.
—Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 1 Jan. 2026
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“Tout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tout. Accessed 3 Jan. 2026.
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