sleuth
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sleuth¹
- /sluːθ/ UK
- /sluːθ/ US
Rhymes with -uːθ
Where it comes from
Clipping of sleuthhound.
noun sleuths
-
A detective.
1908, Edith Van Dyne (Frank L. Baum), Aunt Jane’s Nieces at Millville
Do ye want me to become a sleuth, or engage detectives to track the objects of your erroneous philanthropy?
Similar: detective, gumshoe, investigator, dick, private eye
- A sleuthhound; a bloodhound.
- An animal’s trail or track.
verb sleuths · sleuthing · sleuthed
-
To act as a detective; to try to discover who committed a crime, or, more generally, to solve a mystery.
We must discover where he lives, what he does — sleuth him, in fact!
Similar: gumshoe, shadow, get to the bottom of, solve, work out, absolve, decipher, iron out, meliorate, cure, puzzle out, ravel
sleuth²
- /sluːθ/ UK
- /sluːθ/ US
Rhymes with -uːθ
Where it comes from
From Old English slǣwþ, corresponding to slow + -th.
Translations
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noun detective
| Español | detective |
|---|---|
| Português | detetive |
| Français | détective |
| Deutsch | Schnüffler, Spürnase, Detektiv |
| Italiano | investigatore |
| Ελληνικά | λαγωνικό lagonikó |
| Română | detectiv, copoi |
| Русский | сы́щик sýščik, ище́йка iščéjka |
| العربية | جَاسُوس jāsūs, جَاسُوسَة jāsūsa |
verb act as a detective
| Deutsch | nachspüren, untersuchen, beschatten, schnüffeln |
|---|---|
| Italiano | mettersi sulle tracce |
| Русский | высле́живать vysléživatʹ |
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