as in ridiculing
to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter
the actor's attempt to rationalize his racist comments were roundly scouted by the media
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Recent Examples of scouting
Moyes and director of scouting James Smith were at Hill Dickinson Stadium last week to watch Doue’s Ivory Coast beat Scotland in a friendly international.
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Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
There could be a bigger dearth of small-school names called in this year's draft on April 23-25 in Pittsburgh because of the 319 prospects invited to the NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis, only 17 were from nonpower conference schools.
—ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026
UConn was well aware of Wilkins’ game in scouting Furman ahead of their matchup in the first round of this year’s NCAA Tournament.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2026
Stowers, who also attended Texas A&M and New Mexico State and played some QB at both schools, was a standout at the NFL scouting combine.
—Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2026
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Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
There could be a bigger dearth of small-school names called in this year's draft on April 23-25 in Pittsburgh because of the 319 prospects invited to the NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis, only 17 were from nonpower conference schools.
—ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026
UConn was well aware of Wilkins’ game in scouting Furman ahead of their matchup in the first round of this year’s NCAA Tournament.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2026
Stowers, who also attended Texas A&M and New Mexico State and played some QB at both schools, was a standout at the NFL scouting combine.
—Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scouting
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The political rhetoric aimed at ridiculing Canada bothers Johnson.—
Jeanne Bonner,
CNN Money,
16 Mar. 2026
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Other potential candidates, such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Gavin Newsom, have achieved fame by berating and ridiculing the other side.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
3 Mar. 2026
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When Suzanna, a fledgling psychologist, tells, at Max’s urging, a mocking anecdote about one of her young clients, neither Becky nor the sensitive Andrew get the laugh.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
6 Apr. 2026
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Talkative characters like the froggish Mallow and even Bowser himself are motor-mouthed and sarcastic, nigglingly mocking Mario for his inability to speak in anything other than nods and pantomimes.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Scouting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scouting. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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