Meaning & use
touting
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Promoting or praising something persistently and often extravagantly, typically to sell it or gain support.
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The company kept touting its new product as revolutionary.
He was touting himself as the only candidate who could fix the economy.
A note on using this word
In British English, a 'tout' also refers to someone who resells tickets at inflated prices, as in 'ticket tout.'
Words with a similar meaning
promotinghyping
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Words with an opposite meaning
disparagingdownplaying
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