scout

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1. reconnoiterer, outrider, leader, guide, advance man, avant-courier, spy, bird dog, emissary; advance guard, vanguard, van.

2. Cub Scout, Boy Scout, Eagle Scout; Brownie, Girl Scout, Cadette, Senior Scout.

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3. reconnoiter, Obs. pickeer, inspect, observe, study, U.S. Sl. case, watch, spy or spy on; survey, explore, Inf. check out, investigate, examine.

4.Informal. Usu. scout out or up

seek, search for, look for, look around for, hunt for, cast around for, fish for; find, come up with, hunt down, track down, chase down, search out, ferret out; scare up, rustle up.

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v

flout, contemn, disdain, despise, detest, loathe, misprize, spurn, reject, scorn; revile, abuse, berate, vilify, vilipend, vituperate, objurgate, denounce; disparage, deprecate, depreciate, belittle, decry, minimize; downgrade, Inf. knock, Inf. pan, Inf. put down, pooh-pooh; look down on, spit upon, consider beneath oneself; ridicule, laugh at, mock, make fun of, poke fun at, deride, jeer, scoff.