scouting

[ skou-ting ]

/ ˈskaʊ tɪŋ /

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noun

an act or instance of reconnoitering; reconnaissance.

the activities of a scout or scouts.

(often initial capital letter) the program of activities of the Boy Scouts or the Girl Scouts.

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Origin of scouting

First recorded in 1635–45; scout¹ + -ing¹

OTHER WORDS FROM scouting

scout·ing·ly, adverb

Words nearby scouting

scout car, scoutcraft, scouter, scouth, scouthood, scouting, Scout Leader, scoutmaster, Scoville scale, scow, scowl

How to use scouting in a sentence

When another of the NCAA’s silly rules made it verboten to run both a summer camp and a scouting service, Garfinkel sold HSBI to Tom, who was by then writing it anyway.
Tom Konchalski made basketball better. The sport won’t be the same without him.|John Feinstein|February 8, 2021|Washington Post
New Lions general manager Brad Holmes spent the past seven years as the Rams’ director of college scouting, and he’s the one who pushed the organization hard to draft Goff in the first place.
The Rams And Lions Both Got What They Wanted|Ty Schalter|February 1, 2021|FiveThirtyEight
Holmes was the Rams’ director of college scouting when they drafted Goff.
Lions agree to trade Matthew Stafford to Rams for Jared Goff, draft picks|Mark Maske|January 31, 2021|Washington Post
She vowed to have something to wow Eastman next time, so she started a blog where she published scouting reports and analysis of draft prospects.
From ticket sales to the front office: How Amber Nichols became the G League’s second female GM|Ava Wallace|January 30, 2021|Washington Post

According to ESPN, Porter began texting the female reporter, whose name it withheld, in 2016, when he was the director of professional scouting for the Chicago Cubs.
Mets fire GM Jared Porter after ESPN details lewd, harassing texts to female reporter|Dave Sheinin, Cindy Boren|January 19, 2021|Washington Post
This would take time since, under current law, even scouting Cuban baseball players on the island is illegal.
Is Major League Baseball Ready For Cuba’s Players?|Ben Jacobs|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Yeager died this week at 85, but she never stopped scouting new subjects.
The Queen of the Playboy Centerfolds|Nina Strochlic|May 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The couple apparently visited the royal chateau in January when they were scouting locations for the big day.
Renaissance Wedding Bells for Kim Kardashian and Kanye West?|Barbie Latza Nadeau|May 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Hourani began to dabble with a myriad of artistic careers, from model scouting to styling to art direction.
Rad Hourani, The First Unisex Couture Designer|Erin Cunningham|January 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As frustration mounts within the Scouting world, a negative PR snowball builds.
Why Are Girl Scout Camps Being Closed?|Alessandra Rafferty|January 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
About five miles from Monticello Harry overtook the scouting party, now on their way back to that city.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn
They were returning from their pursuit of the scouting party and were strung out a long distance along the road.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn
He then learned that he had attacked and was chasing a small scouting party towards Versailles.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn
From the sand dunes at Nieuport and Dixmude there was firing also, and the air seemed sometimes to be full of scouting planes.
The Amazing Interlude|Mary Roberts Rinehart
Morgan's men charged the scouting party, sending them through the village back to the main body in a very demoralized condition.
Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War|Various

British Dictionary definitions for scouting

Scouting

/ (ˈskaʊtɪŋ) /