Tout (Noun)
Meaning 1
One who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack).
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Nouns denoting people.
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Meaning 2
Someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The concert ticket tout made a hefty profit from selling his extra tickets to desperate fans.
- Ticket touts often scalp their wares to innocent people at extremely high prices outside event venues.
- Fans blasted the event organizer for allowing a notorious tout to purchase dozens of tickets online.
- Many festivals now offer unique identifier-coded tickets to foil touts' reselling attempts.
- He tried to offload the expensive seats on some tout in the stadium's parking lot, but the offer was met with hostility.
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Meaning 3
Someone who advertises for customers in an especially brazen way.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.