Touted

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tout \Tout\ (tout; t[=oo]t; Scot. & dial. t[=oo]t), v. i. [imp.
     & p. p. {Touted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Touting}.]
     1. To look narrowly; spy. [Scot. & Dial. Eng.]
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. (Horse Racing)


        (a) To spy out the movements of race horses at their
            trials, or to get by stealth or other improper means
            the secrets of the stable, for betting purposes.
            [Cant, Eng.]
        (b) To act as a tout; to tout, or give a tip on, a race
            horse. [Cant, U. S.]
            [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  32 Moby Thesaurus words for "touted":
     aggrandized, amplified, ballyhooed, disproportionate, exaggerated,
     excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, grandiloquent,
     high-flown, hyperbolic, inflated, inordinate, magnified, overdone,
     overdrawn, overemphasized, overemphatic, overestimated, overgreat,
     overlarge, overpraised, oversold, overstated, overstressed,
     overwrought, prodigal, profuse, puffed, stretched, superlative