'Scout' definitions:

Definition of 'scout'

From: WordNet
noun
A person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event [syn: lookout, lookout man, sentinel, sentry, watch, spotter, scout, picket]
noun
A Boy Scout or Girl Scout
noun
Someone employed to discover and recruit talented persons (especially in the worlds of entertainment or sports) [syn: scout, talent scout]
noun
Someone who can find paths through unexplored territory [syn: scout, pathfinder, guide]
verb
Explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody [syn: scout, reconnoiter, reconnoitre]

Definition of 'Scout'

From: GCIDE
  • Scout \Scout\ (skout), n. [Icel. sk[=u]ta a small craft or cutter.] A swift sailing boat. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • So we took a scout, very much pleased with the manner and conversation of the passengers. --Pepys. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Scout'

From: GCIDE
  • Scout \Scout\, n. [Icel. sk[=u]ta to jut out. Cf. Scout to reject.] A projecting rock. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Scout'

From: GCIDE
  • Scout \Scout\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scouted; p. pr. & vb. n. Scouting.]
  • 1. To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout. [1913 Webster]
  • Take more men, And scout him round. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To pass over or through, as a scout; to reconnoiter; as, to scout a country. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Scout'

From: GCIDE
  • Scout \Scout\ (skout), v. t. [Icel. sk[=u]ta a taunt; cf. Icel. sk[=u]ta to jut out, skota to shove, skj[=o]ta to shoot, to shove. See Shoot.] To reject with contempt, as something absurd; to treat with ridicule; to flout; as, to scout an idea or an apology. "Flout 'em and scout 'em." --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Scout'

From: GCIDE
  • Scout \Scout\, n. [OF. escoute scout, spy, fr. escouter, escolter, to listen, to hear, F. ['e]couter, fr. L. auscultare, to hear with attention, to listen to. See Auscultation.]
  • 1. A person sent out to gain and bring in tidings; especially, one employed in war to gain information of the movements and condition of an enemy. [1913 Webster]
  • Scouts each coast light-arm[`e]d scour, Each quarter, to descry the distant foe. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A college student's or undergraduate's servant; -- so called in Oxford, England; at Cambridge called a gyp; and at Dublin, a skip. [Cant] [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Cricket) A fielder in a game for practice. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. The act of scouting or reconnoitering. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
  • While the rat is on the scout. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. A boy scout or girl scout (which see, above). [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
  • Syn: Scout, Spy.
  • Usage: In a military sense a scout is a soldier who does duty in his proper uniform, however hazardous his adventure. A spy is one who in disguise penetrates the enemies' lines, or lurks near them, to obtain information. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Scout'

From: GCIDE
  • Scout \Scout\, v. i. To go on the business of scouting, or watching the motions of an enemy; to act as a scout. [1913 Webster]
  • With obscure wing Scout far and wide into the realm of night. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'scout'

From: GCIDE
  • Gyp \Gyp\ (j[i^]p), n. [Said to be a sportive application of Gr. gy`ps a vulture.] A college servant; -- so called in Cambridge, England; at Oxford called a scout. [Cant] [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'scout'

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Words containing 'Scout'