English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of scout

scout

/noun/ स्काउट; बालघर; जासूस; भेदिया; दोस्त; मित्र; सहवासी; खोज; तलाशी; देख-भाल करनेवाला सिपाही;

Synonym spy; scourer; mate; friend; neighbor; search; manhunt; feeler;

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English Dictionary:

1. Scout

[n.]

- A swift sailing boat.
- A projecting rock.
- 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.

2. Scout

[v. i.]

- To go on the business of scouting, or watching the motions of an enemy; to act as a scout.

3. Scout

[v. t.]

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