scouting

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scouting¹

  • /ˈskaʊtɪŋ/ UK, US

Rhymes with -aʊtɪŋ

noun scoutings · Scouting

  1. countable, uncountable The act of one who scouts. Careful scoutings by the State Department of Agriculture and Markets were made in 1935, to determine the limits of invasion[…]
  2. countable, uncountable The Scout Movement.
  3. countable, uncountable The activities of boy scouts and girl scouts.

verb Scouting

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of scout

Scouting²

noun

  1. uncountable Alternative letter-case form of scouting

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: reconnoitering, exploratory survey, monitoring, tracking, surveillance, tracing, screening, detecting, recognition, prospecting, testing, locating, scoutdom, scoutmastership, scoutmastering, scouter

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noun the Scouting movement

Españolescultismo, scoutismo, escoutismo
한국어스카우팅 seukauting
日本語スカウティング sukautingu
हिन्दीस्काउटिंग skāuṭiṅg, बालचर bālcar
Portuguêsescotismo
Françaisscoutisme
DeutschPfadfinderbewegung
Italianoscautismo
Ελληνικάπροσκοπισμός proskopismós
עבריתתנועת הצופים tnuát hatsofím

noun act of one who scouts

Españolscouting
Portuguêsreconhecimento
Italianoesplorazione
Русскийразве́дка razvédka, рекогносциро́вка rekognosciróvka
עבריתגישוש gishúsh

noun activities of boy scouts and girl scouts

Portuguêsescotismo
Italianoscautismo
Русскийска́утинг skáuting, ска́утство skáutstvo
עבריתצופיות tsofiyút

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@misc{scouting_2026,
  title = {scouting},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/scouting},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}