touting
Loudly pushing wares
Touting is promoting or praising something aggressively, often with exaggeration: The company has been touting its new product for months.
A person who touts—a tout—solicits business persistently, especially for tickets or betting tips.
In British usage, touting specifically means reselling tickets at inflated prices: Police cracked down on touting outside the stadium.
Publicly declaring approval
- championingVigorously supporting a cause
- advocatingPublicly supporting a cause
- boostingIncreasing force or level
- publicizingMaking information widely known
hyping · plugging · pushing · praising · recommending · supporting · backing · advancing
Sport using trained raptors
- peddlingSelling goods informally
- hustlingHurrying or swindling
- canvassingSystematic direct voter outreach
- accostingConfrontational approach to stranger
buttonholing · importuning · pitching · approaching · cornering · propositioning · scalping · reselling
Large outdoor advertising structure
- commercialPaid broadcast promotion
- brandingCreating distinctive identity
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- publicityMedia-driven awareness
promotion · marketing · slogan · tagline · sponsorship · exposure · messaging · airtime
Delivering toward the plate
- deal-makingNegotiating agreements between parties
- cold-callingContacting prospects without introduction
- prospectingSearching for mineral wealth
- networkingBuilding professional relationships
upselling · closing · schmoozing · persuading · sweet-talking · smooth-talking · negotiating · convincing
Continuing despite difficulty
- pushyUnpleasantly forceful in manner
- aggressiveHostile and confrontational
- relentlessContinuing without pause
- unrelentingRefusing to let up
insistent · dogged · pressuring · badgering · nagging · harassing · hounding · pestering
endorsing
Publicly declaring approval
- championingVigorously supporting a cause
- advocatingPublicly supporting a cause
- boostingIncreasing force or level
publicizing · hyping · plugging · pushing · praising · recommending · supporting · backing · advancing · propagating
hawking
Sport using trained raptors
- peddlingSelling goods informally
- hustlingHurrying or swindling
- canvassingSystematic direct voter outreach
accosting · buttonholing · importuning · pitching · approaching · cornering · propositioning · scalping · reselling · barking
billboard
Large outdoor advertising structure
- commercialPaid broadcast promotion
- brandingCreating distinctive identity
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
publicity · promotion · marketing · slogan · tagline · sponsorship · exposure · messaging · airtime · placement
pitching
Delivering toward the plate
- deal-makingNegotiating agreements between parties
- cold-callingContacting prospects without introduction
- prospectingSearching for mineral wealth
networking · upselling · closing · schmoozing · persuading · sweet-talking · smooth-talking · negotiating · convincing · wooing
persistent
Continuing despite difficulty
- pushyUnpleasantly forceful in manner
- aggressiveHostile and confrontational
- relentlessContinuing without pause
unrelenting · insistent · dogged · pressuring · badgering · nagging · harassing · hounding · pestering · overbearing
- publicitypublicity, PR, press conference, publicist, press release
- self-promotionbragging, boasting, self-praise, humble brag, plugging
- solicitationsrequest, plea, entreaty, appeal, solicitations
- advocacypetition, advocating, protest sign, championing, picket sign
- market fraudmarket manipulation, securities fraud, insider trading, pump and dump, spoofing
toutingunderstating
Representing as less significant
downplaying · minimizing · underplaying · playing down · soft-pedaling
toutingconcealing
Keeping something secret
hiding · suppressing · covering up · withholding · burying
toutingdisparaging
Expressing negative judgment
criticizing · denigrating · badmouthing · trashing · panning