| Scout | |
| 1. n. A member of any of various scouting organizations. | |
| 2. n. A member of one of several army units, such as the Selous Scouts or the Arunachal Scouts. | |
| 3. n. A person sent out to gain and bring in tidings; especially, one employed in war to gain information about the enemy and ground. | |
| 4. n. An act of scouting or reconnoitering. | |
| 5. n. A member of any number of youth organizations belonging to the international scout movement, such as the Boy Scouts of America or Girl Scouts of the United States. | |
| 6. n. A person who assesses and/or recruits others; especially, one who identifies promising talent on behalf of a sports team. | |
| 7. n. (British) A college servant (in Oxford, England or Yale or Harvard), originally implying a male servant, attending to (usually several) students or undergraduates in a variety of ways that includes cl | |
| 8. n. (UK, cricket) A fielder in a game for practice. | |
| 9. n. (historical, British, up until 1920s) A fighter aircraft. | |
| 10. n. (informal) (Term of address for a man or boy.) | |
| 11. v. (transitive, intransitive) To explore a wide terrain, as if on a search; to reconnoiter. | |
| 12. v. To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout. | |
| 13. v. To reject with contempt. | |
| to scout an idea or an apology | |
| 14. v. (intransitive) To scoff. | |
| 15. n. (dated) A swift sailing boat. | |
| 16. n. (archaic) A projecting rock. | |
