1. scout - Noun
2. scout - Verb
3. Scout - Proper noun
A swift sailing boat.
A projecting rock.
To reject with contempt, as something absurd; to treat with ridicule; to flout; as, to scout an idea or an apology.
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.
A college student's or undergraduate's servant; -- so called in Oxford, England; at Cambridge called a gyp; and at Dublin, a skip.
A fielder in a game for practice.
The act of scouting or reconnoitering.
To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout.
To pass over or through, as a scout; to reconnoiter; as, to scout a country.
To go on the business of scouting, or watching the motions of an enemy; to act as a scout.
Source: Webster's dictionaryI think that one of the great problems we have in the Republican Party is that we don't encourage you to be nasty. We encourage you to be neat, obedient, and loyal and faithful and all those Boy Scout words, which would be great around the camp fire, but are lousy in politics. Newt Gingrich
I hate dogma in any form. I hated it in the Catholic Church and Girl Scout troops of the 1950s, and I hate in in gay activism and established feminism today. Camille Paglia
God never slams a door in your face without opening a box of Girl Scout cookies. Elizabeth Gilbert
Among my activities was membership in the Boy Scouts; I rose each year through the ranks, eventually achieving the rank of Eagle Scout and undertaking leadership roles in the organization. Frederick Reines
I spoke to my agent and learned that a Hollywood scout had seen my proposal in one of the publishing houses, and had faxed it to Hollywood, where it was generating a lot of interest. Laura Hillenbrand
A good soldier is a poor scout. Native American Proverb