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/towt/, Informal.v.i.1. to solicit business, employment, votes, or the like, importunately.2. Horse Racing. to act as a tout.v.t.3. to solicit support for importunately.4. to describe or advertise boastfully; publicize or promote; praise extravagantly: a highly touted nightclub.5. Horse Racing.a. to provide information on (a horse) running in a particular race, esp. for a fee.b. to spy on (a horse in training) in order to gain information for the purpose of betting.6. to watch; spy on.n.7. a person who solicits business, employment, support, or the like, importunately.8. Horse Racing.a. a person who gives information on a horse, esp. for a fee.b. Chiefly Brit. a person who spies on a horse in training for the purpose of betting.9. Brit. a ticket scalper.[1350-1400; ME tuten to look out, peer; prob. akin to OE totian to peep out]
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