Definition of Scout

Scout

1. A boy scout (which see, above).
2. A swift sailing boat.
3. A projecting rock.
4. To reject with contempt, as something absurd; to treat with ridicule; to flout; as, to scout an idea or an apology.
5. 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.
6. A college student's or undergraduate's servant; -- so called in Oxford, England; at Cambridge called a gyp; and at Dublin, a skip.
7. A fielder in a game for practice.
8. The act of scouting or reconnoitering.
9. To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout.
10. To pass over or through, as a scout; to reconnoiter; as, to scout a country.
11. To go on the business of scouting, or watching the motions of an enemy; to act as a scout.