<p><strong>Verb:</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object) To persistently solicit business, employment, votes, or the like.</li><li>Horse Racing: To act as a tout.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object):</strong></p><ul><li>To persistently solicit support for.</li><li>To describe or advertise boastfully; publicize or promote; praise extravagantly: a highly touted nightclub.</li><li>Horse Racing: To provide information on (a horse) running in a particular race, especially for a fee.</li><li>To spy on (a horse in training) in order to gain information for the purpose of betting.</li><li>To watch; spy on.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>A person who persistently solicits business, employment, support, or the like.</li><li>Horse Racing: A person who gives information on a horse, especially for a fee.</li><li>Chiefly British: A person who spies on a horse in training for the purpose of betting.</li><li>British: A ticket scalper.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>