SCOUT Word Analysis

A person sent out to gain and bring in tidings; especially, one employed in war to gain information about the enemy and ground.

An act of scouting or reconnoitering.

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.

A person who assesses or recruits others; especially, one who identifies promising talent on behalf of a sports team.

A person employed to monitor rivals' activities in the petroleum industry.

(Oxford University, modern) A housekeeper or domestic cleaner, generally female, employed by one of the constituent colleges of Oxford University to clean rooms; generally equivalent to a modern bedder at Cambridge University.

(Oxford University, Harvard University, Yale University, historical) A domestic servant, generally male, who would attend (usually several) students in a variety of ways, including cleaning; generally equivalent to a gyp at Cambridge University or a skip at Trinity College, Dublin.

(UK, cricket) A fielder in a game for practice.

(historical, UK, up until 1920s) A fighter aircraft.

(radiography) A preliminary image that allows the technician to make adjustments before the actual diagnostic images.

(informal) A term of address for a man or boy.

(transitive, intransitive) To explore a wide terrain, as if on a search.

(transitive) To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout.

(transitive) To reject with contempt.

(transitive) To reject the ideas or beliefs of (a person).

(intransitive) To scoff.

(dated) A swift sailing boat.

(Scotland) To pour forth a liquid forcibly, especially excrement; to cause a liquid to gush.

The guillemot.