[skout] 
| 1. | a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering. |
| 2. | a person sent out to obtain information. |
| 3. | Sports.
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| 4. | a talent scout, as in the entertainment field. |
| 5. | an act or instance of reconnoitering, inspecting, observing, etc. |
| 6. | (sometimes initial capital letter ) a Boy Scout or Girl Scout. |
| 7. | Informal. a person: He's a good scout. |
| 8. | a man acting as servant to a student at Oxford University. |
| 9. | to act as a scout; reconnoiter. |
| 10. | to make a search; hunt. |
| 11. | to work as a talent scout. |
| 12. | to examine, inspect, or observe for the purpose of obtaining information; reconnoiter: to scout the enemy's defenses. |
| 13. | to seek; search for (usually fol. by out or up): to scout up a date for Friday night. |
| 14. | to find by seeking, searching, or looking (usually fol. by out or up): Scout out a good book for me to read. |