Scout
[skaʊt]
Definition
(noun.) someone who can find paths through unexplored territory.
(noun.) someone employed to discover and recruit talented persons (especially in the worlds of entertainment or sports).
(noun.) a Boy Scout or Girl Scout.
(verb.) explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody.
Typist: Rosa--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A swift sailing boat.
(n.) A projecting rock.
(v. t.) To reject with contempt, as something absurd; to treat with ridicule; to flout; as, to scout an idea or an apology.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A college student's or undergraduate's servant; -- so called in Oxford, England; at Cambridge called a gyp; and at Dublin, a skip.
(n.) A fielder in a game for practice.
(n.) The act of scouting or reconnoitering.
(v. t.) To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout.
(v. t.) To pass over or through, as a scout; to reconnoiter; as, to scout a country.
(v. i.) To go on the business of scouting, or watching the motions of an enemy; to act as a scout.
Edited by Everett
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Spy.
v. n. Act the spy.
v. a. Ridicule, deride, disdain, despise, contemn, scorn, spurn, scoff at, laugh at, sneer at, hold in contempt.
Checked by Cathy
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See SCORN]
Edited by Ian
Definition
n. one sent out to bring in tidings observe the enemy &c.: a spy: a sneak: in cricket a fielder: the act of watching: a bird of the auk family: a college servant at Oxford the same as gyp in Cambridge and skip in Dublin.—v.t. to watch closely.—n. Scout′-mas′ter an officer who has the direction of army scouts.
v.i. (Scot.) to pour forth a liquid forcibly esp. excrement.—n. the guillemot.
v.t. to sneer at: to reject with disdain.—adv. Scout′ingly sneeringly.
Typed by Clyde
Examples
- Word was soon brought that I was nowhere to be found, either in the palace or at my former quarters in the barracks of the air-scout squadron. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- It is so unworthy of you, this setting on of such a shameful scout. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Isn't it droll that I never go out after dark, but I find myself attended, always by one scout, and often by two? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The day after I assumed command at Cairo a man came to me who said he was a scout of General Fremont. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Bid Hugh Bardon, our scout-master, come hither, as soon as he shall have spoken with Waldemar Fitzurse. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Nor was the agitation by any means diminished, when the scout rushed back with the intelligence that the lady was 'a slap-up gal in a bang-up chariot. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- This was brought to me by a scout in gray uniform. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Westward rode the scouts and advanced guards. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Beneath a cluster of these which afforded perfect concealment from wandering air scouts, we lay down to sleep--for me the first time in many hours. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Thou wilt find him, as our scouts have brought notice, at the next Preceptory house of his Order. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- People talk across the court out of window, and bare-headed scouts come hurrying in from Chancery Lane to know what's the matter. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Many wrecks have been found by these bottom-prowling scouts and valuable material recovered. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The scouts were hot and tired; the bowlers were changed and bowled till their arms ached; but Dumkins and Podder remained unconquered. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Scouts, perhaps, these were. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Light cruisers are vessels of from 1,500 to 7,500 tons, used in scouting, as commerce destroyers, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- At the outset of the war this had been used chiefly for scouting, and by the Germans for the dropping of marks for the artillery. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Scouting was evidently very badly done by Greek and Persian alike. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I have just returned from a small scouting expedition, and everything is favourable. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- It is too insolvent a state of things for any one with any self-respect to entertain, and is universally scouted. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- They would be scouted in the south. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He scouted the idea of inevitable evils. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But the elders of the ship's family ruled us down and scouted our evidences. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Edited by Ervin