grass vs tout

grass

verb
  • To act as a grass or informer, to betray; to report on (criminals etc) to the authorities. 

  • To bring to the grass or ground; to land. 

  • To feed with grass. 

  • To lay out on the grass; to knock down (an opponent etc.). 

  • To cover with grass or with turf. 

  • To expose, as flax, on the grass for bleaching, etc. 

noun
  • Asparagus; "sparrowgrass". 

  • Marijuana. 

  • Sharp, closely spaced discontinuities in the trace of a cathode-ray tube, produced by random interference. 

  • The season of fresh grass; spring or summer. 

  • An informer, police informer; one who betrays a group (of criminals, etc) to the authorities. 

  • The surface of a mine. 

  • A lawn. 

  • Various plants not in family Poaceae that resemble grasses. 

  • Noise on an A-scope or similar type of radar display. 

  • Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem and leaf bases that wrap around the stem, especially those grown as ground cover rather than for grain. 

tout

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

  • 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. 

  • To act as a tout; to give a tip on a racehorse. 

  • To look for, try to obtain; used with for. 

  • To spy out information about (a horse, a racing stable, etc.). 

  • To give a tip on (a racehorse) to a person, with the expectation of sharing in any winnings. 

noun
  • Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way. 

  • A person, at a racecourse, who offers supposedly inside information on which horse is likely to win. 

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

  • An informer in the Irish Republican Army. 

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