Definitions for scouts

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scouts scout

Spelling: [skout]

IPA: /skaʊt/

Scouts is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 70 anagrams from letters in scouts (cosstu).

Definitions for scouts

noun

1. a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
2. a person sent out to obtain information.
3. Sports. a person who observes and reports on the techniques, players, etc., of opposing teams. a person sent out by a team to observe and recommend new talent for recruitment.
4. a talent scout, as in the entertainment field.
5. an act or instance of reconnoitering, inspecting, observing, etc.
6. (sometimes initial capital letter) a Boy Scout or Girl Scout.
7. Informal. a person:
8. a man acting as servant to a student at Oxford University.

verb (used with object)

1. to examine, inspect, or observe for the purpose of obtaining information; reconnoiter:
2. to seek; search for (usually followed by out or up):
3. to find by seeking, searching, or looking (usually followed by out or up):
4. to treat with scorn; dismiss.
5. to make fun of; deride; mock.

verb (used without object)

1. to act as a scout; reconnoiter.
2. to make a search; hunt.
3. to work as a talent scout.
4. to scoff; jeer.

Origin of scouts

1300-50; (v.) Middle English skowten Old French escouter, escolter, ascolter (French écouter to listen) Late Latin ascultāre, Latin auscultāre to listen; see auscul

Examples for scouts

The warning call of the scout was not uttered without occasion.

From there, he led groups of Kansa and Osage to scout for Spanish garrisons.

"Ah, reason and calculation are often outdone by accident," returned the scout.

Heyward saw, by the manner of the scout, that altercation would be useless.

The next year he sat in the living room and listened again while Fred Pinckney, the Detroit scout, talked.

"This must be looked to," said the scout, glancing about him with an anxious eye.

The brokers then scout out potential “crew members” who can earn substantial discounts for working the journey.

On the other hand, the quick, roving eye of the scout seldom rested.

“I saw one game last year when this kid touched the ball about twice in the entire second half,” says one NBA scout.

According to the Save Our scout Camps website, the lawsuit remains active.