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