tout

noun

1. someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit

Definition categories: person, scalper

2. someone who advertises for customers in an especially brazen way

Similar word(s): touter

Definition categories: person, adman, advertiser, advertizer

3. one who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack)

Similar word(s): tipster

Definition categories: person, adviser, advisor, consultant

verb

1. advertize in strongly positive terms

- This product was touted as a revolutionary invention

Definition categories: communication, judge, label, pronounce

2. show off

Similar word(s): blow, bluster, boast, brag, gas, gasconade, swash, vaunt

Definition categories: communication, amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate