Scout
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English
Noun
Scout (plural Scouts)- (dated) A swift sailing boat.
- (archaic) A projecting rock.
- A person sent out to gain and bring in tidings; especially, one employed in war to gain information about the enemy and ground.
- The act of scouting or reconnoitering.
- A member of any number of youth organizations belonging to the international scout movement, such as the Boy Scouts of America or Girl Scouts of the United States.
- A person who assesses and/or recruits others; especially, one who identifies promising talent on behalf of a sports team.
- (UK) A college student's or undergraduate's servant; -- so called in Oxford, England; at Cambridge called a gyp; and at Dublin, a skip.
- (UK) A fielder in a game for practice.
- (historical), (UK) A term used until 1920's of a fighter aircraft.
Verb
Scout (third-person singular simple present scouts, present participle scouting, simple past and past participle scouted)
- (obsolete) To reject with contempt, as something absurd; to treat with ridicule; to flout; as, to scout an idea or an apology.
- So ignorant are most landsmen of some of the plainest and most palpable wonders of the world, that without some hints touching the plain facts, historical and otherwise, of the fishery, they might scout at Moby Dick as a monstrous fable, or still worse and more detestable, a hideous and intolerable allegory. Herman Melville, Moby Dick, ch. 45
- To explore a wide terrain, as on a search.
Thesaurus
Argus, CIA man, Charley, abhor, abjure, advance guard, airhead, airplane spotter, ancestor, announcer, antecedent, avant-garde, barrack, battle line, be vigilant, be watchful, beachhead, bellwether, bridgehead, brush aside, buccinator, bug, bushwhacker, case, chaff, check out, chuck, chuck out, cloak-and-dagger operative, contemn, contradict, counterintelligence agent, counterspy, course, cover, cut at, decline, deny, deride, despise, dig at, dig out, dig up, disapprove, discard, disclaim, discount, discover, disdain, dismiss, disown, disregard, do, double agent, dump on, espionage agent, examine, except, exclude, explore, explorer, eye, eyeball, farthest outpost, ferret out, find, fire patrolman, fire warden, fireguard, first line, fish out, fleer, flout, follow, forebear, forefront, foregoer, forerunner, forswear, forward observer, front, front line, front rank, front runner, front-runner, frontiersman, fugleman, gaze at, gibe, go over, groundbreaker, grub up, guide, harbinger, have a looksee, herald, hold in derision, hold in view, hunt out, ignore, innovator, inside man, inspect, intelligence agent, investigate, jab, jab at, jape, jeer, keep in sight, keep in view, keep under observation, laugh at, laugh to scorn, lead runner, leader, line, locate, look after, look at, look on, look over, look upon, lookout, lookout man, lout, make a reconnaissance, measure, messenger, military-intelligence man, mock, naval-intelligence man, night watchman, observe, operative, outguard, outpost, overpass, pass by, pass over, pass through, pass up, pathfinder, patrol, patroller, patrolman, peep, perambulate, peregrinate, pererrate, picket, pioneer, play the spy, ply, point, pooh, pooh-pooh, precedent, precursor, predecessor, probe, pry out, push aside, put down, put under surveillance, quiz, rail at, railhead, rally, range, range over, rank out, razz, rebuff, recant, reconnoiter, reconnoiterer, refuse, refuse to consider, regard, reject, renounce, repel, repudiate, repulse, research, revile, ridicule, root out, roundsman, scoff, scoff at, scorn, scorn to receive, scour, scour the country, scout out, search out, secret agent, sentinel, sentry, set at defiance, shove away, slam, slap at, slight, slight over, sneer, sneer at, spearhead, spit upon, spotter, spurn, spy, spy out, spy upon, spy-catcher, stake out, stormy petrel, study, survey, sweep, swipe, taunt, throw away, throw out, track, trailblazer, trailbreaker, transit, travel over, travel through, traverse, treat with contempt, turn away, turn out, twit, uncover, undercover man, van, vanguard, vaunt-courier, vedette, view, voortrekker, voyage, waive, watch, watcher, watchkeeper, watchman
Etymology
From Middle English < Old French escouter (“to listen, heed”) < Latin auscultare (“to listen”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aʊt
Translations
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See also
- 15px Scout (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- 15px scout in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
External links
- Scout in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- Scout in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- Scout at OneLook Dictionary Search
Italian
Noun
Scout m. inv.
- scout; a member of the international scout movement.
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Swedish
Noun
Scout c.
- scout; a member of the international scout movement.
Declension
- English nouns
- English dated terms
- English archaic terms
- British English
- English historical terms
- English verbs
- English terms with obsolete senses
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Latin
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- English politically correct terms
- Italian nouns
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