n
Short for all-points bulletin. [(law enforcement) A broadcast issued from one law enforcement agency to another, typically containing information about a wanted suspect or a person of interest.]
adj
Watching; in a state of vigilance.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To watch; keep watch over; guard.
v
(transitive) To keep watch over; guard; observe.
n
The highest honor or prize awarded in some competitions and contests.
n
Someone who is a fan or supporter of something.
n
A person who has served in a military campaign.
n
(industrial relations) A mandatory meeting during working hours, organized by an employer with the purpose of discouraging employees from organizing or joining a labor union.
v
(transitive, intransitive, archaic) To show (somebody) the sights, acting as a tourist guide.
n
The visiting of one household after another to solicit sales, charitable donations, political support, etc.
n
An act of noticing or observing.
n
(dated) One who explores; one who examines closely; a searcher.
n
A person who looks for the onset of fires, normally from a high vantage point
n
One who takes a leading part in anything.
n
(sports) By extension, a non-competitor who leads out the competitors on to the circuit, or who runs/rides the course prior to competitor trials, usually testing or checking the way.
n
One who works in the front lines of an operation
n
(especially in compounds) An agent; a servant, or manual laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty.
n
A person employed to display or pose their hands, especially in advertisements.
n
One in the position of controlling or directing; a controller, a director, a guide.
v
(transitive, informal, Canada, US) To lead or manage.
v
(idiomatic, intransitive) To guard; to watch over someone or something.
n
(military, aviation) Continuous monitoring for incoming communications.
n
A person who serves as lookout or scout.
n
A session of watching for an approaching enemy, police, etc.
n
A person employed to maintain a lookout (sense 2) for danger etc.
n
a lookout or vantage point
n
A lookout (vantage point with a view of the surrounding area)
n
(military) A crew member on an aircraft who makes observations of enemy positions or aircraft
n
A visit by a member of the public to a prisoner during which physical contact is permitted.
v
To maintain a vigil beyond the end.
n
(military) The supervision of one unit or vehicle by another while the supervised unit is firing or moving.
n
One who watches over; a supervisor.
n
One who sets the pace in a race, to guide the others.
n
(chiefly Britain, archaic) An official responsible for monitoring woodlands and forest areas and reporting to the court of regard.
n
A surreptitious signal made by an informer to the police contact, indicating that it is safe to approach.
n
The act of watching a location and/or people, generally covertly.
n
Alternative form of tailzie [(law, Scotland) An entailment or deed whereby the legal course of succession is cut off, and an arbitrary one substituted.]
v
(US) To start a session of a court of law.
n
(US, informal) A Parental Advisory sticker.
v
(figuratively) To precede; to act as a forerunner or herald.
n
Obsolete form of avant-courier. [A person dispatched before another person or company, to give notice of his or their approach; a scout or herald.]
v
(intransitive) To be vigilant or on one's guard.
n
(Australia) The middle of three levels of alert issued by government authorities in response to a bushfire, indicating that the danger is approaching and residents need to take action.
n
A lookout; a person who stands guard watching for something.
v
To guard (something); to keep, to observe, preserve, protect.
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