scout
noun
[ skaʊt ]
• a soldier or other person sent out ahead of a main force so as to gather information about the enemy's position, strength, or movements.
• "forward scouts reported that the enemy were massing at two points ahead"
• a ship or aircraft employed for reconnaissance, especially a small, fast aircraft.
• "a single-seater scout"
• a member of the Scout Association or a similar organization.
• "a scout leader"
• a honeybee that searches for a new site for a swarm to settle or for a new food source.
• a domestic worker at a college at Oxford University.
• a man or boy.
• "I've got nothing against old Adrian—he's a good scout"
scout
verb
• make a search for someone or something in various places.
• "I was sent to scout around for a place to park the camper"
Similar:
search,
look,
hunt,
cast about,
cast round,
cast around,
ferret (about),
ferret (around),
root about,
root around,
Origin:
late Middle English (as a verb): from Old French escouter ‘listen’, earlier ascolter, from Latin auscultare . scout1 (sense 5 of the noun) (early 18th century) is of uncertain origin.
scout
verb
• reject (a proposal or idea) with scorn.
• "he scouts the claim that the aristocrats cared much for the art treasures their ancestors had bought"
Origin:
early 17th century: of Scandinavian origin; compare with Old Norse skúta, skúti ‘a taunt’.
