gumshoe
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gumshoe
- /ˈɡʌm.ʃuː/ UK, US
Where it comes from
From gum + shoe.
noun gumshoes
- A sneaker or rubber overshoe.
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A detective.
"Who's this gumshoe guy from the bush league tailin' us?"
Similar: detective, dick, private eye, sleuth
verb gumshoes · gumshoeing · gumshoed
- To act as a detective. The next thing they did was to send a man sent down there from Baltimore and he spent a good deal of time gumshoeing around in that county trying to get another individual put in as secretary-treasurer.
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noun slang: a detective
| Español | sabueso |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Schnüffler |
| Română | detectiv |
| Русский | детекти́в detektív |
verb to act as a detective
| Deutsch | schnüffeln |
|---|
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title = {gumshoe},
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