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WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
THESAURUS
ROGET THESAURUS

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sleuth

POS

Noun, Verb (transitive)

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun sleuth has 1 sense

sleuth(n = noun.person) sleuthhound - a detective who follows a trail;

is a kind of detective

Derived form verb sleuth₁

Verb sleuth has 1 sense

sleuth(v = verb.communication) snoop, spy, stag - watch, observe, or inquire secretly;

is one way to monitor, supervise

Derived forms noun sleuth₁, noun sleuthing₁

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

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CIDE DICTIONARY

sleuth, n. [Icel. sl. See Slot a track.].

The track of man or beast as followed by the scent. Halliwell. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

sleuth, n. & v. colloq.
--n. a detective.
--v.
1 intr. act as a detective.
2 tr. investigate.

Idiom

sleuth-hound
1 a bloodhound.
2 colloq. a detective, an investigator.

Etymology

orig. in sleuth-hound: ME f. sleuth f. ON sl{oacute}th track, trail: cf. SLOT(2)

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THESAURUS

sleuth
Bow Street runner, FBI, FBI agent, Federal, G-man, Secret Service, Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes, T-man, detective, dick, eye, fed, gumshoe, hawkshaw, hotel detective, house detective, house dick, inquiry agent, investigator, narc, operative, plainclothesman, police detective, private detective, private eye, private investigator, revenuer, shamus, snoop, store detective, tec, treasury agent

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ROGET THESAURUS

sleuth

Information
N information, enlightenment, acquaintance, knowledge, publicity, data, communication, intimation, notice, notification, enunciation, annunciation, announcement, communiqu_e, representation, round robin, presentment, case, estimate, specification, report, advice, monition, news, return, account, statement, mention, acquainting, instruction, outpouring, intercommunication, communicativeness, informant, authority, teller, intelligencer, reporter, exponent, mouthpiece, informer, eavesdropper, delator, detective, sleuth, mouchard, spy, newsmonger, messenger, amicus curiae, valet de place, cicerone, pilot, guide, guidebook, handbook, vade mecum, manual, map, plan, chart, gazetteer, itinerary, hint, suggestion, innuendo, inkling, whisper, passing word, word in the ear, subaudition, cue, byplay, gesture, gentle hint, broad hint, verbum sapienti, a word to the wise, insinuation, information theory, bit, byte, word, doubleword, quad word, paragraph, segment, magnetic media, paper medium, optical media, random access memory, RAM, read-only memory, ROM, write once read mostly memory, WORM, informed, communique, reported, published, expressive, explicit plain spoken, (artless), nuncupative, nuncupatory, declaratory, expository, enunciative, communicative, communicatory, from information received, a little bird told me, I heard it through the grapevine.