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Scouting
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noun
1.
a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
2.
a person sent out to obtain information.
3.
Sports.
a.
a person who observes and reports on the techniques, players, etc., of opposing teams.
b.
a person sent out by a team to observe and recommend new talent for recruitment.
4.
a talent scout, as in the entertainment field.
5.
EXPANDan 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.
COLLAPSEa man acting as servant to a student at Oxford University.
verb (used without object)
9.
to act as a scout; reconnoiter.
10.
to make a search; hunt.
11.
to work as a talent scout.
verb (used with object)
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 followed by out or up): to scout up a date for Friday night.
14.
to find by seeking, searching, or looking (usually followed by out or up): Scout out a good book for me to read.
Origin:
1300–50; (v.) Middle English skowten < Old French escouter, escolter, ascolter (French écouter to listen) < Late Latin ascultāre, Latin auscultāre to listen; see auscultate; (noun) < Middle French escoute, derivative of escouter
1300–50; (v.) Middle English skowten < Old French escouter, escolter, ascolter (French écouter to listen) < Late Latin ascultāre, Latin auscultāre to listen; see auscultate; (noun) < Middle French escoute, derivative of escouter
verb (used with object)
1.
to treat with scorn; dismiss.
2.
to make fun of; deride; mock.
verb (used without object)
3.
to scoff; jeer.
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Word Origin & History
scout
"to reject with scorn," 1605, of Scand. origin (cf. O.N. skuta, skute "taunt"), probably from a source related to shout.
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