Synonyms:
lookout, lookout_man, sentinel, sentry, watch, spotter, scout, picket
Meaning: a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
scout, reconnoiter, reconnoitre
Meaning: explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody
Usage examples
"Not a bit of it," rejoined the scout, with an air of confidence.
"He went out to scout round the house, leaving me at the gate," Harold said.
A scout preceded the marchers, and at sundown camp was formed in a big triangle with the carts as a stockade, the animals tethered or hobbled inside.
It was obeyed, however, just as if they had been; and one and all kept their places, while the officer, following his scout, rode away from the ground.
But," continued the scout in a muttered undertone, "if you wish me to follow up the sign as it ought to be done, you'll order the others to stay back--'specially them as are now nearest you."
Special effort was made to stimulate the production of "submarine chasers" and "scout cruisers" to be sent to the danger zone. Convoys were provided to accompany the transports conveying soldiers to France.
While the scout led the way, the captain and his lieutenants kept the long procession in line; and the travellers for the most part dozed lazily in their carts, dreaming of the fortunes awaiting them in Cariboo.
Duncan, who understood the Mohican to allude to the fatal rifle of the scout, bent forward in earnest observation of the effect it might produce on the conquerors; but the chief was content with simply retorting:
At length Teddy announced his intention of going off on an expedition as a scout, and on Nancy's insisting that she should come too, the two children started, made their way out of the wood and down to the banks of the stream, which soon joined the river.
For physical development in which the lungs come in for their share and the sense of mechanical rhythm is fostered, an excellent exercise is marching in step to the stroke of the drum, proud in Boy Scout uniform. Dancing is a very desirable accomplishment for the deaf child.