Thesaurus: scout

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1. n. A swift sailing boat.
2. n. A projecting rock.
3. v. t. To reject with contempt, as something absurd; to treat with ridicule; to flout; as, to scout an idea or an apology.
4. 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.
5. n. A college student's or undergraduate's servant; -- so called in Oxford, England; at Cambridge called a gyp; and at Dublin, a skip.
6. n. A fielder in a game for practice.
7. n. The act of scouting or reconnoitering.
8. v. t. To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout.
9. v. t. To pass over or through, as a scout; to reconnoiter; as, to scout a country.
10. v. i. To go on the business of scouting, or watching the motions of an enemy; to act as a scout.
11. n. a member of the Scouting movement
12. n. a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event