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Antonyms for tout

Grammar : Verb
Spell : tout
Phonetic Transcription : taÊŠt

Definition of tout

Origin :
  • 1700, thieves' cant, "to act as a lookout, spy on," from Middle English tuten "to peep, peer," probably from a variant of Old English totian "to stick out, peep, peer," from Proto-Germanic *tut- "project" (cf. Dutch tuit "sprout, snout," Middle Dutch tute "nipple, pap," Middle Low German tute "horn, funnel," Old Norse tota "teat, toe of a shoe"). The sense developed to "look out for jobs, votes, etc., to try to get them" (1731), then "praise highly" (1920). Related: Touted; touting.
  • verb brag about, show off
Example sentences :
  • "And the jock'll have to stand the shot; I know how it goes," asserted the Tout.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • The Zouaves then made a dash for the ravine on the Tout Vent front.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various
  • A tout is guessing all the time, but a hustler is likely to know something.
  • Extract from : « Old Man Curry » by Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan
  • "'Major,' tout court, if you please," Mr. Colt corrected him.
  • Extract from : « Brother Copas » by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
  • It is the tout ensemble of her presence and her personal charm.
  • Extract from : « Princess Zara » by Ross Beeckman
  • I was accompanied by the Hotel "tout" who soon gave me his history.
  • Extract from : « A Boy's Voyage Round the World » by The Son of Samuel Smiles
  • This is an exception to the rule of tout passe, if not of tout casse.
  • Extract from : « A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 » by George Saintsbury
  • The attitude was the same; the tout ensemble in no respect different.
  • Extract from : « The War Trail » by Mayne Reid
  • Plumbers were bribed to tout, like omnibus cads, for custom.
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 447 » by Various
  • Their beauty was Grecian, their deformity Egyptian, their tout ensemble French.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Edgar Allan Poe » by Edgar Allan Poe

Synonyms for tout

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