Found 4 items, similar to Scout.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: scout
pramuka
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: scout
pandu, pemandu, pengintai, pramuka, suluh
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: scout
scout
n 1: a person employed to watch for something to happen [syn:
lookout,
lookout man,
sentinel,
sentry,
watch,
spotter,
picket]
2: someone employed to discover and recruit talented persons
(especially in the worlds of entertainment or sports)
[syn:
talent scout]
3: someone who can find paths through unexplored territory
[syn:
pathfinder,
guide]
scout
v : explore, often with the goal of finding something or
somebody [syn:
reconnoiter,
reconnoitre]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Scout
Scout
\Scout\ (skout), n. [Icel. sk[=u]ta a small craft or
cutter.]
A swift sailing boat. [Obs.]
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So we took a scout, very much pleased with the manner
and conversation of the passengers. --Pepys.
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Scout
\Scout\, n. [Icel. sk[=u]ta to jut out. Cf.
Scout to
reject.]
A projecting rock. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright.
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Scout
\Scout\ (skout), v. t. [Icel. sk[=u]ta a taunt; cf. Icel.
sk[=u]ta to jut out, skota to shove, skj[=o]ta to shoot, to
shove. See
Shoot.]
To reject with contempt, as something absurd; to treat with
ridicule; to flout; as, to scout an idea or an apology.
“Flout 'em and scout 'em.” --Shak.
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Scout
\Scout\, n. [OF. escoute scout, spy, fr. escouter,
escolter, to listen, to hear, F. ['e]couter, fr. L.
auscultare, to hear with attention, to listen to. See
Auscultation.]
1. 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.
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Scouts each coast light-arm[`e]d scour,
Each quarter, to descry the distant foe. --Milton.
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2. A college student's or undergraduate's servant; -- so
called in Oxford, England; at Cambridge called a gyp; and
at Dublin, a skip. [Cant]
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3. (Cricket) A fielder in a game for practice.
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4. The act of scouting or reconnoitering. [Colloq.]
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While the rat is on the scout. --Cowper.
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5. A boy scout or girl scout (which see, above).
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Syn:
Scout,
Spy.
Usage: In a military sense a scout is a soldier who does duty
in his proper uniform, however hazardous his
adventure. A spy is one who in disguise penetrates the
enemies' lines, or lurks near them, to obtain
information.
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Scout
\Scout\, v. i.
To go on the business of scouting, or watching the motions of
an enemy; to act as a scout.
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With obscure wing
Scout far and wide into the realm of night. --Milton.
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Scout
\Scout\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Scouted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Scouting.]
1. To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for
the purpose of observation, as a scout.
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Take more men,
And scout him round. --Beau. & Fl.
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2. To pass over or through, as a scout; to reconnoiter; as,
to scout a country.
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