Definizione monolingua

scout

scout (third-person singular simple present scouts, present participle scouting, simple past and past participle scouted)

1. (obsolete) To reject with contempt, as something absurd; to treat with ridicule; to flout; as, to scout an idea or an apology.
   • So ignorant are most landsmen of some of the plainest and most palpable wonders of the world, that without some hints touching the plain facts, historical and otherwise, of the fishery, they might scout at Moby Dick as a monstrous fable, or still worse and more detestable, a hideous and intolerable allegory. Herman Melville, Moby Dick, ch. 45
2. To explore a wide terrain, as on a search.

scout (plural scouts)

1. (dated) A swift sailing boat.
2. (archaic) A projecting rock.
3. A person sent out to gain and bring in tidings; especially, one employed in war to gain information about the enemy and ground.
4. The act of scouting or reconnoitering.
5. 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.
6. A person who assesses and/or recruits others; especially, one who identifies promising talent on behalf of a sports team.
7. (UK) A college students or undergraduates servant; -- so called in Oxford, England; at Cambridge called a gyp; and at Dublin, a skip.
8. (UK) A fielder in a game for practice.
9. (historical), (UK) A term used until 1920s of a fighter aircraft.

Definizione dizionario scout

	Scout
	member of the scout movement

	esploratore
	person sent out to gain and bring in tidings

	esplorare
	to explore a wide terrain

	perlustrare
	to explore a wide terrain

	ricognizione
	act of scouting

andare in esplorazione

giovane esploratore

guardia

ricognitore

scout

Altri significati:

A person sent out to gain and bring in tidings; especially, one employed in war to gain information about the enemy and ground.

scout (army)

(dated) A swift sailing boat.

(UK) A college student's or undergraduate's servant; -- so called in Oxford, England; at Cambridge called a gyp; and at Dublin, a skip.

To explore a wide terrain, as on a search.

To survey something (generally an enemy's land and position).

one who identifies promising talent

(historical), (UK) A term used until 1920's of a fighter aircraft.

A person who assesses and/or recruits others; especially, one who identifies promising talent on behalf of a sports team.

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.

(UK) A fielder in a game for practice.

(obsolete) To reject with contempt, as something absurd; to treat with ridicule; to flout; as, to scout an idea or an apology.

The act of scouting or reconnoitering.

(archaic) A projecting rock.