tout

To tell people that someone or something is very good, usually to gain attention or support.

• The company touts its low prices.
• She touted the benefits of cycling to work.
• He was touted as the next team captain.

How to use it: tout someone/something as something (They touted the device as a major advance.)

Similar words: promote, publicize, advertise

Common phrases: tout the benefits, tout something as, widely tout something, tout someone's skills

Someone who tries very strongly to get people to buy things or use a service.

• A tout offered us tickets.
• Hotel touts crowded around the arriving tourists.
• We avoided the touts outside the stadium.

Similar words: hawker

Common phrases: ticket tout, hotel tout, street tout