scout
scout is a 5-letter English word with 15 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A swift sailing boat. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. A swift sailing boat.
- noun. A projecting rock.
- transitive verb. To reject with contempt, as something absurd; to treat with ridicule; to flout; as, to scout an idea or an apology.
- noun. 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.
- noun. A college student's or undergraduate's servant; -- so called in Oxford, England; at Cambridge called a gyp; and at Dublin, a skip.
- noun. A fielder in a game for practice.
- noun. The act of scouting or reconnoitering.
- transitive verb. To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout.
- transitive verb. To pass over or through, as a scout; to reconnoiter; as, to scout a country.
- intransitive verb. To go on the business of scouting, or watching the motions of an enemy; to act as a scout.
- noun. a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
- noun. someone who can find paths through unexplored territory
- noun. someone employed to discover and recruit talented persons (especially in the worlds of entertainment or sports)
- noun. a Boy Scout or Girl Scout
- verb. explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody
Synonyms
lookout, picket, sentinel, sentry, spotter, watch, guide, pathfinder, reconnoiter, reconnoitre
Common word forms
scouts, scouted, scouter, scouting
Words from these letters
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