scouted

noun

1. a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
2. a person sent out to obtain information.
3. Sports.
   1. a person who observes and reports on the techniques, players, etc., of opposing teams.
   2. a person sent out by a team to observe and recommend new talent for recruitment.
4. a talent scout, as in the entertainment field.
5. an act or instance of reconnoitering, inspecting, observing, etc.
6. (sometimes initial capital letter) a Boy Scout or Girl Scout.
7. Informal. a person: He’s a good scout.
8. a man acting as servant to a student at Oxford University.

verb (used without object)

9. to act as a scout; reconnoiter.
10. to make a search; hunt.
11. to work as a talent scout.

verb (used with object)

12. to examine, inspect, or observe for the purpose of obtaining information; reconnoiter: to scout the enemy’s defenses.
13. to seek; search for (usually followed by out or up): to scout up a date for Friday night.
14. to find by seeking, searching, or looking (usually followed by out or up): Scout out a good book for me to read.

verb (used with object)

1. to treat with scorn; dismiss.
2. to make fun of; deride; mock.

verb (used without object)

3. to scoff; jeer.

noun

1. (sometimes not capital) a boy or (in some countries) a girl who is a member of a worldwide movement (the Scout Association) founded as the Boy Scouts in England in 1908 by Lord Baden-Powell with the aim of developing character and responsibilitySee also Air Scout, Girl Scout, Guide, Sea Scout, Venture Scout

noun

1. a person, ship, or aircraft sent out to gain information
2. military a person or unit despatched to reconnoitre the position of the enemy
3. sport a person employed by a club to seek new players
4. the act or an instance of scouting
5. (esp at Oxford University) a college servantCompare gyp 3
6. obsolete (in Britain) a patrolman of a motoring organization
7. informal a fellow or companion

verb

8. to examine or observe (anything) in order to obtain information
9. (tr; sometimes foll by out or up) to seek
10. (intr) to act as a scout for a sports club
11. (intr; foll by about or around) to go in search (for)

verb

1. archaic to reject (a person or thing) with contempt

v.1late 14c., “observe or explore as a scout, travel in search of information,” from Old French escouter “to listen, heed” (Modern French écouter), from Latin auscultare “to listen to, give heed to” (see auscultate). Related: Scouted; scouting. v.2“to reject with scorn,” 1710, earlier “to mock” (c.1600), of Scandinavian origin (cf. Old Norse skuta, skute “to taunt”), probably from a source related to shout (v.). Related: Scouted; scouting; scoutingly. n.“person who scouts, one sent out to gain information,” 1550s, from scout (v.1). Boy Scout is from 1908. Scout’s honor attested from 1908. see good egg (scout).