tout
Because it is a word with a single syllable, tout is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions oftout
- Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way.
Example: "Be careful of the ticket touts outside the arena, they are famed for selling counterfeits."
- A person, at a racecourse, who offers supposedly inside information on which horse is likely to win.
- A spy for a smuggler, thief, or similar.
- An informer in the Irish Republican Army.
- To flaunt, to publicize/publicise; to boast or brag; to promote.
Example: "Mary has been touted as a potential succesor to the current COE."
- To look upon or watch.
- To spy out information about (a horse, a racing stable, etc.).
- To give a tip on (a racehorse) to a person, with the expectation of sharing in any winnings.
- To spy out the movements of racehorses at their trials, or to get by stealth or other improper means the secrets of the stable, for betting purposes.
- To act as a tout; to give a tip on a racehorse.
- To look for, try to obtain; used with for.
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