Sleuth

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sleuth \Sleuth\, n. [Icel. sl[=o][eth]. See {Slot} a track.]
     The track of man or beast as followed by the scent. [Scot.]
     --Halliwell.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  sleuth
       n : a detective who follows a trail [syn: {sleuthhound}]
       v : watch, observe, or inquire secretly [syn: {spy}, {stag}, {snoop}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  33 Moby Thesaurus words for "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