tout

1. Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way.

   Be careful of the ticket touts outside the arena, they are famed for selling counterfeits.

2. A person, at a racecourse, who offers supposedly inside information on which horse is likely to win.
3. A spy for a smuggler, thief, or similar.
4. An informer in the Irish Republican Army.

1. To flaunt, to publicize/publicise; to boast or brag; to promote.

   Mary has been touted as a potential succesor to the current COE.

2. To look upon or watch.
3. To spy out information about (a horse, a racing stable, etc.).
4. To give a tip on (a racehorse) to a person, with the expectation of sharing in any winnings.
5. 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.
6. To act as a tout; to give a tip on a racehorse.
7. To look for, try to obtain; used with for.

noun

In the game of solo, a proposal to win all eight tricks.