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scouting

nounverbattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈskaʊtɪŋ//

The act of one who scouts.

noun

  1. 1

    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. 2

    The Scout Movement.

  3. 3

    The activities of boy scouts and girl scouts.

verb

  1. 1

    Also a form of scoutpresent participle and gerund of scout

Forms

plural
scoutings
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