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Definition of scope out
scope out 
verb - transitive
- to watch.
- See more words with the same meaning: to stare, watch.
Last edited on Apr 16 2013. Submitted by Amadei from PA, USA on Oct 17 1997.
- to stare, usually at a member of the opposite gender.
I was scoping out that hot soccer player after practice.
- See more words with the same meaning: flirting, hit on, pimp, player, wing-man.
- See more words with the same meaning: to stare, watch.
Last edited on Apr 16 2013. Submitted by Amadei from PA, USA on Oct 17 1997.
- to look at; investigate.
Citation from "Strangest taxes in America", Yahoo! Travel, Apr 17 2013 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: to look, see.
Last edited on Apr 18 2013. Submitted by Valeria I. on Dec 28 2005.
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Other terms relating to 'flirting, hit on, pimp, player, wing-man': | |
| Definitions include: a man who dates / sleeps with lots of women | |
| Definitions include: to attempt to attract; "hit on". | |
| Definitions include: alternate spelling of wingman. | |
| Definitions include: misspelling of hobnob. | |
| Definitions include: offensive speech about another person. | |
| Definitions include: to flirt with a person. | |
| Definitions include: to kiss passionately; "make out". | |
| Definitions include: to "stick to" someone like Velcro. Pronounced "crows." | |
| Definitions include: to attempt to attract; "hit on". | |
| Definitions include: a pick-up line. | |
| Definitions include: See also mack on. | |
| Definitions include: to attempt to elicit romance or sex; "hit on". | |
| Definitions include: bad, old, worn-out, or stupid. A general derogatory adjective. | |
| Definitions include: to flirt with someone or sweet talk them | |
| Definitions include: a break in the workday when employees gather to ingest drugs. | |
Other terms relating to 'to look, see': | |
| Definitions include: to look at. | |
| Definitions include: to listen to. | |
| Definitions include: "look". | |
| Definitions include: A visual examination, especially of a person of the opposite sex. | |
| Definitions include: a look. | |
| Definitions include: to see, look at. | |
| Definitions include: a person. | |
| Definitions include: ok, or yes. | |
| Definitions include: generally displeasing. | |
| Definitions include: to leave. | |
| Definitions include: to stare at. | |
| Definitions include: a second look. | |
| Definitions include: to look at. | |
| Definitions include: to examine closely. | |
| Definitions include: a look. Notes: derived from Cockney rhyming slang: "butcher's hook" - "look." | |
Other terms relating to 'to stare, watch': | |
| Definitions include: to monitor. | |
| Definitions include: to stare at. | |
| Definitions include: a person. | |
| Definitions include: to stare at someone with an intimidating expression; GLARE. | |
| Definitions include: to stare at a person in an aggressive way. | |
| Definitions include: to monitor. | |
| Definitions include: to look coyly and invitingly at. | |
| Definitions include: to stare at breasts, usually in cold weather. | |
| Definitions include: to stare with sexual intent. | |
| Definitions include: to supervise a person. | |
| Definitions include: to stare. | |
Slang terms with the same root words
Other terms relating to 'out': | |
| Definitions include: the feeling when you defecate huge and your anus is stretched. | |
| Definitions include: fatigued after amphetamine use. | |
| Definitions include: very; really; extremely. | |
| Definitions include: in an irreparably bad situation; "out of luck"; "screwed". | |
| Definitions include: Slang for having a shit. | |
| Definitions include: to get someone out of jail by posting bail. | |
| Definitions include: to tell on someone; "snitch". | |
| Definitions include: a session of getting baked (i.e. high from marijuana.) | |
| Definitions include: to leave. | |
| Definitions include: also balls to the wall. | |
| Definitions include: to hit or cause bodily injury. | |
| Definitions include: to study to excess or to be over-competitive in school-work. | |
| Definitions include: to beat severely. | |
| Definitions include: to beat severely. | |
| Definitions include: to violently beat. | |
Other terms relating to 'scope': | |
| Definitions include: to see, look at. | |
| Definitions include: when the scope of a project keeps expanding. | |
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