Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The action of one that scouts.
- noun The activities of the Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts.
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- noun The
act of one whoscouts . - noun The Scout Movement
- noun The activities of
boy scouts and girl scouts.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun exploring in order to gain information
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Examples
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"One of the things we learned in scouting is that there are a lot of vacant hospitals in the city, or at least a lot of vacant portions of hospitals," Mr. Fleck said.
A 'Funny' Thing Happened in Brooklyn Bruce Bennett 2010
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The key to turkey scouting is to be as unobtrusive as possible.
Can anyone give me some info or links about scouting for turkeys? Thanks! 2010
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"You'd hope the social skills in scouting would have a positive impact," said Hill.
Jonathan Black: Confessions of a Failed Parent Jonathan Black 2010
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"Mr. Davis, Sid Gillman and the crew out of San Diego were heavily involved in scouting the smaller black colleges because they wanted to be able to compete, and the NFL didn't have a lot of black players at that time," Brown recalls.
Lamonica's Raiders took pride in wide-open offenses of AFL 2009
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The key to turkey scouting is to be as unobtrusive as possible.
Can anyone give me some info or links about scouting for turkeys? Thanks! 2010
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Do me a favor, why don't put as much time in scouting as you do defending yourself.
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Bivouac is commonly used to describe a variety of improvised camp sites such as those used in scouting and mountain climbing.
Getting “Campy” 2008
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My in-laws always did this, and it's become our post-Mass game: after Easter brunch, the kids begin scouting around for their baskets, which we parents assemble and hide the night before.
Archive 2008-03-01 regina doman 2008
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With Villanova coach Jay Wright scouting from a second-row seat near half court in the press area, UCLA pulled away with a 13-0 run.
USATODAY.com 2008
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` ` The coaches pointed out that the top shelf could be open, but this game is so fast that you really don't remember what coaches said in scouting meetings.
USATODAY.com 2008
GHibbs commented on the word scouting
My adjectival use: 'He enjoys the scouting activities.'
August 24, 2011