Details of word SCOUT

Definition of scout

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.
n. - A boy scout (which see, above).

Word "scout" contains 5 letters : C O S T U

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