Gumshoe
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɡʌm.ʃuː/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Gumshoe is a noun meaning A sneaker or rubber overshoe.
Meaning
A sneaker or rubber overshoe.
More Meanings
- (slang) A detective.
- (slang) To act as a detective.
Example Sentences
"Who's this gumshoe guy from the bush league tailin' us?"
But these days, more and more women are gumshoeing through the pages of murder mysteries.
So how does Santa go up and down chimneys and keep his clothes clean? MAIRE NIC SUIBHNE and her junior gumshoes get their claws into assorted Messrs Claus and come up with an answer . . .
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.
Word Forms
- gumshoes
- gumshoeing
- gumshoed
Synonyms for gumshoe
Depending on context, synonyms include detective, dick, arctic, rubber, hawkshaw, galosh.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include galosh, dick, hawkshaw, golosh, arctic, rubber.
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