Definition of "scouting" []

• The act of one that scouts. (noun)
• The activities of the Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts. (noun)

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• ""One of the things we learned in scouting is that there are a lot of vacant hospitals in the city, or at least a lot of vacant portions of hospitals," Mr. Fleck said."
• "The key to turkey scouting is to be as unobtrusive as possible."
• ""You'd hope the social skills in scouting would have a positive impact," said Hill."