scouting

scouting
    n 1: exploring in order to gain information; "scouting in enemy
         territory is very dangerous" [syn: {scouting}, {exploratory
         survey}, {reconnoitering}, {reconnoitring}]
    

Scout \Scout\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scouted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Scouting}.]
   1. To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for
      the purpose of observation, as a scout.
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            Take more men,
            And scout him round.                  --Beau. & Fl.
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   2. To pass over or through, as a scout; to reconnoiter; as,
      to scout a country.
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44 Moby Thesaurus words for "scouting":
      abjuration, abjurement, chucking, chucking out, contempt,
      contradiction, declination, declining, denial, despisal, despising,
      disapproval, discard, disclamation, discounting, dismissal,
      disownment, disregard, exception, exclusion, exploration, ignoring,
      nonacceptance, nonapproval, nonconsideration, passing by,
      putting away, putting out, rebuff, recantation, recce, recco,
      recon, reconnaissance, reconnoiter, reconnoitering, refusal,
      rejection, renouncement, repudiation, repulse, spurning,
      throwing out, turning out