Scout

Quick meaning: Scout is a noun meaning A person sent out to gather and bring back information; especially, one employed in war to gain information about the enemy and ground.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. An act of scouting or reconnoitering.
2. A person who assesses or recruits others; especially, one who identifies promising talent on behalf of a sports team.
3. A person employed to monitor rivals' activities in the petroleum industry.
4. (UK, cricket) A fielder in a game for practice.
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. (Oxford University, modern) A housekeeper or domestic cleaner, generally female, employed by one of the constituent colleges of Oxford University to clean rooms; generally equivalent to a modern bedder at Cambridge University.
7. (Oxford University, Harvard University, Yale University, historical) A domestic servant, generally male, who would attend (usually several) students in a variety of ways, including cleaning; generally equivalent to a gyp at Cambridge University or a skip at Trinity College, Dublin.

Example Sentences

while the rat is on the scout

A scout topogram is initially performed during continuous table motion, generating an anatomic overview image similar to a conventional radiograph at the locked projection.

Because of this FOV limitation, several institutions use a weight cutoff or a scout radiograph lateral diameter cutoff, though the exact cutoff threshold varies from institution to institution.

It consisted of injecting an iodinated contrast agent while a breast was compressed in one projection after a scout film, taking several sequential films, and subtracting them from the scout film.

Word Forms

• scouts
• scouting
• scouted

Synonyms for scout

Depending on context, synonyms include espial, espy, survey, reconnoiter, sentry, pathfinder.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include reconnoitre, reconnoiter, sentry, sentinel, guide, pathfinder.

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