scout
Forms
- Plural
- scouts
- present (v1)
- scout
- past (v2)
- scouted
- past participle (v3)
- scouted
- present participle
- scouting
- 3rd person singular
- scouts
Definitions
1.A person sent out to gather and bring back information; especially, one employed in war to gain information about the enemy and ground.
2.A person who assesses or recruits others; especially, one who identifies promising talent on behalf of a sports team.
3.An act of scouting or reconnoitering.
4.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.
- At the crack of dawn on Wednesday four different groups of scouts will climb the highest peaks in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales to light flames and officially mark the start of the Paralympic torch relay.
1.To explore a wide terrain, as if on a search.
2.To reject with contempt.
- Flout 'em and scout 'em; and scout 'em and flout 'em: / Thought is free.
3.To reject the ideas or beliefs of (a person).
- Two months ago I should have scouted as mad or drunk the man who had dared tell me the like.
4.To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout.
- Take more men, and scout him round.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3966
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Synonyms
Etymology
From Middle English scout, scoult, from Old French escoute (“action of listening”), verbal noun from escouter (“to listen, heed”), from Latin auscultō (“to listen”).
The verb comes from the noun.