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The correct spelling is scout.
How to pronounce scout
[skʌʊt]
nounIPA: [skʌʊt]
Say it like: Sco-wt
The correct spelling is scout. A person sent out to gain and bring in tidings; especially, one employed in war to gain information about the enemy and ground. For example: "to scout an idea or an apology"
Usage Examples
“to scout an idea or an apology”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A person sent out to gain and bring in tidings; especially, one employed in war to gain information about the enemy and ground.
- 2.An act of scouting or reconnoitering.
- 3.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.
- 4.A person who assesses and/or recruits others; especially, one who identifies promising talent on behalf of a sports team.
- 5.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 cleaning; corresponding to the duties of a gyp or possibly bedder at Cambridge University; and at Dublin, a skip.
verb
- 1.To explore a wide terrain, as if on a search; to reconnoiter.
- 2.To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout.
- 3.To reject with contempt.
- 4.To scoff.
- 5.To pour forth a liquid forcibly, especially excrement.
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