tout
noun/taʊt/
/taʊt/
(also ticket tout)
(both British English) (North American English scalper)
- a person who buys tickets for concerts, sports events, etc. and then sells them to other people at a higher priceTopics Film and theatrec2, Crime and punishmentc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryTout is used after these nouns:
- ticket
Word OriginMiddle English tute ‘look out’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch tuit ‘spout, nozzle’. Later senses were ‘watch, spy on’ (late 17th cent.) and ‘solicit custom’ (mid 18th cent.). The noun was first recorded (early 18th cent.) in the slang use ‘thieves' lookout’.Want to learn more?
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