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tout | stout |

As a verb tout

is .

As a proper noun stout is

.

tout

English

Noun

(wikipedia tout) (en noun)
  • Someone advertising]] for [[customer, customers in an aggressive way.
  • *1886 , , The Princess Casamassima .
  • *:Paul Muniment looked at his young friend a moment. 'Do you want to know what he is? He's a tout .'
  • *:'A tout ? What do you mean?'
  • *:'Well, a cat's-paw, if you like better.'
  • *:Hyacinth stared. 'For whom, pray?'
  • *:'Or a fisherman, if you like better still. I give you your choice of comparisons. I made them up as we came along in the hansom. He throws his nets and hauls in the little fishes—the pretty little shining, wriggling fishes. They are all for her; she swallows, 'em down.'
  • A person, at a racecourse, who offers supposedly inside information on which horse is likely to win.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
    • , title= , chapter=2 citation , passage=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 .}}

    Synonyms

    * barker * pitchman * spruiker

    Derived terms

    * ticket tout

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (label) To flaunt, to publicize/publicise; to boast or brag; to promote.
  • :
  • *2012 , Scott Tobias, The Hunger Games , The A.V. Club
  • *:For the 75 years since a district rebellion was put down, The Games have existed as an assertion of the Capital’s power, a winner-take-all contest that touts heroism and sacrifice—participants are called “tributes”— while pitting the districts against each other.
  • To look upon or watch.
  • *1600 , (Edward Fairfax), The (Jerusalem Delivered) of (w), X, lvi:
  • *:Nor durst Orcanes view the Soldan's face, / But still upon the floor did pore and tout .

    • Synonyms

    * pimp * pitch * promote * spruik

    See also

    * tout court ----

    stout

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • large; bulky, thickset; corpulent, fat.
  • (obsolete) bold, strong-minded; lusty; vigorous; robust; sinewy; muscular.
  • * Shakespeare
    • a stouter champion never handled sword
  • * Clarendon
    • He lost the character of a bold, stout , magnanimous man.
  • * Daniel
    • The lords all stand / To clear their cause, most resolutely stout .
  • (obsolete) proud; haughty; arrogant; hard.
  • * Bible, Mal. iii. 13
    • Your words have been stout against me.
  • * Latimer
    • Commonly they that be rich are lofty and stout .
  • firm; resolute; dauntless.
  • materially strong, enduring.
    • Campers prefer stout vessels, sticks and cloth.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
    • , title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=4 citation , passage=Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins … .}}
  • obstinate.

    • Derived terms

    * stouten * stouthearted * stoutish * stoutly * stoutness

    Noun

    ("stout" on Wikipedia) (en noun)
  • A dark and strong malt brew made with toasted grain.
    • Stout is darker, stronger and sweeter than porter beer.
  • An obese person. (rfex)
  • A large clothing size. (rfex)

    • Anagrams

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