Gumshoe

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  • noun. A sneaker or rubber overshoe.
  • noun. An investigator, especially a detective.
  • intransitive verb. To work as a detective.
  • intransitive verb. To move about stealthily; sneak.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A shoe made of gum, that is, india-rubber; a rubber overshoe.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A detective; a private eye.
  • noun. A shoe made of rubber, as a rubber overshoe.
  • noun. A sneaker{3}.
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  • noun. A sneaker or rubber overshoe.
  • noun. A detective.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. someone who is a detective
  • noun. a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow
    • Word Usage
    "Rome at that time seemed an ideal alternative to the big metropolitan settings of so may 'gumshoe' novels - a huge, dangerous, colourful city that saw itself as the centre of the world."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    detective  investigator  overshoe  police detective  tec  
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    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Dogberry  John Law  Sherlock  Sherlock Holmes  beagle  
    verb-form
    gumshoed  gumshoeing  gumshoes  
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