n. A swift sailing boat.n. A projecting rock.v. To reject with contempt, as something absurd; to treat with ridicule; to flout.n. 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.n. A college student's or undergraduate's servant; -- so called in Oxford, England; at Cambridge called a gyp; and at Dublin, a skip.n. A fielder in a game for practice.n. The act of scouting or reconnoitering.n. A boy scout or girl scout (which see, above).v. To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout.v. To pass over or through, as a scout; to reconnoiter.verb-intransitive. To go on the business of scouting, or watching the motions of an enemy; to act as a scout.