Touted vs Tooted - What's the difference?
touted | tooted |
(tout)
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 (label) To flaunt, to publicize/publicise; to boast or brag; to promote.
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*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 .
(toot)
The noise of a horn or whistle.
(by extension, informal) A fart; flatus.
(uncountable, slang) Cocaine.
(informal) A spree of drunkness.
To stand out, or be prominent.
To peep; to look narrowly.
* Spenser
To see; to spy.
To flatulate.
To make the sound of a horn or whistle.
* Thackeray
To cause a horn or whistle to make its sound.
To go on a drinking binge.
As verbs the difference between touted and tooted
is that touted is past tense of tout while tooted is past tense of toot.touted
English
Verb
(head)tout
English
Noun
(wikipedia tout) (en noun)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 * spruikerDerived terms
* ticket toutVerb
(en verb)Synonyms
* pimp * pitch * promote * spruikSee also
* tout court ----tooted
English
Verb
(head)toot
English
Alternative forms
* tout (in some verb senses only)Noun
(en noun)- He gave a little toot of the horn, to get their attention.
Derived terms
* on a tootVerb
(en verb)- (Howell)
- (Latimer)
- for birds in bushes tooting
- Tooting horns and rattling teams of mail coaches.