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noun
1.
a detective. Synonyms: investigator, private investigator; private eye, gumshoe, shamus.
2.
a bloodhound, a dog used for tracking.
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
3.
to track or trail, as a detective.
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Example Sentences
- Each series is easily identifiable, and finding a missing piece satisfies every buyer's inner sleuth.
- Often, identifying the rampart in satellite images requires a degree of sleuth work.
- Play a sleuth with your portrait detective and historian guides.
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World English Dictionary
| sleuth (sluːθ) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | an informal word for detective |
| 2. | short for sleuthhound |
| —vb | |
| 3. | (tr) to track or follow |
| [C19: short for sleuthhound, from C12 sleuth trail, from Old Norse sloth; see | |
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Word Origin & History
sleuth
c.1200, "track or trail of a person," from O.N. sloð "trail," of uncertain origin. Meaning "detective" is 1872, shortening of sleuthhound "keen investigator" (1849), a figurative use of a word for a kind of bloodhound that dates back to late 14c. The verb (intrans.) meaning "to act as a detective,
EXPANDinvestigate" is recorded from 1912.
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