1. Noun
A swift sailing boat.
2. Noun
A projecting rock.
3. Verb
To reject with contempt, as something absurd; to treat with ridicule; to flout; as, to scout an idea or an apology.
4. Noun
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.
5. Noun
A college student's or undergraduate's servant; -- so called in Oxford, England; at Cambridge called a gyp; and at Dublin, a skip.
6. Noun
A fielder in a game for practice.
7. Noun
The act of scouting or reconnoitering.
8. Verb
To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout.
9. Verb
To pass over or through, as a scout; to reconnoiter; as, to scout a country.
10. Verb
To go on the business of scouting, or watching the motions of an enemy; to act as a scout.
11. Noun
someone employed to discover and recruit talented persons (especially in the worlds of entertainment or sports)
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