Word Study
sleuth
CIDE DICTIONARY
sleuth, n. [Icel. sl. See Slot a track.].
The track of man or beast as followed by the scent. Halliwell. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
sleuth, n. & v. colloq.
--n. a detective.
--v.
1 intr. act as a detective.
2 tr. investigate.
--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.
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)
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 agentROGET 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.For further exploring for "sleuth" in Webster Dictionary Online
