TOUT

vi to toot a horn.

2. tout ·vi to ply or seek for customers.

3. tout ·noun the anus.

4. tout ·vi to act as a tout. ·see 2d tout.

5. tout ·add. ·vi to look narrowly; spy.

6. tout ·add. ·noun a spy for a smuggler, thief, or the like.

7. tout ·add. ·noun in the game of solo, a proposal to win all eight tricks.

8. tout ·add. ·vt to spy out information about, as a racing stable or horse.

9. tout ·add. ·vi to act as a tout; to tout, or give a tip on, a race horse.

10. tout ·add. ·noun one who solicits custom, as a runner for a hotel, cab, gambling place.

11. tout ·add. ·vt to give a tip on (a race horse) to a better with the expectation of sharing in the latter's winnings.

12. tout ·noun one who secretly watches race horses which are in course of training, to get information about their capabilities, for use in betting.

13. tout ·add. ·noun one who gives a tip on a race horses for an expected compensation, ·esp. in hopes of a share in any winnings;

— usually contemptuous.

14. tout ·add. ·vi to spy out the movements of race horses at their trials, or to get by stealth or other improper means the secrets of the stable, for betting purposes.