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单词 sleuths
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sleuth

1 of 2

noun

ˈslüth How to pronounce sleuth (audio)
: detective

sleuth

2 of 2

verb

sleuthed; sleuthing; sleuths

intransitive verb

: to act as a detective : search for information

transitive verb

: to search for and discover

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"They were the footprints of a gigantic hound!" Those canine tracks in Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles set the great Sherlock Holmes sleuthing on the trail of a murderer. It was a case of art imitating etymology. When Middle English speakers first borrowed sleuth from Old Norse, the term referred to "the track of an animal or person." In Scotland, sleuthhound referred to a bloodhound used to hunt game or track down fugitives from justice. In 19th-century U.S. English, sleuthhound became an epithet for a detective and was soon shortened to sleuth. From there, it was only a short leap to turning sleuth into a verb describing what a sleuth does.

Synonyms

Noun

  • detective
  • dick
  • gumshoe
  • hawkshaw
  • investigator
  • operative
  • private detective
  • private eye
  • private investigator
  • shamus [slang]
  • sherlock
  • sleuthhound
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Example Sentences

Noun the popular TV sleuth lives a much more action-packed life than do his real-world counterparts
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
And a recipe advice columnist gets a turn as a job in pop culture, with a murder mystery show featuring a cook turned sleuth. Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appétit, 6 Sep. 2022 Instead, this apparently retired former biotech engineer seems intrigued by her plight, helping her sleuth around. Dennis Harvey, Variety, 14 July 2022 The follow-up to the 2018 box office smash Knives Out, Glass Onion sees Craig return as super sleuth Detective Benoit Blanc, this time traveling to Greece to peel back the layers of a new mystery. Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Aug. 2022 The sleuth was quoted daily in newspapers around the country for months before disappearing from the scene, leaving the rest of her life story another unsolved mystery. Immy Humes, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Aug. 2022 Kardashian joined a sleuth of A-listers walking for Balenciaga including Nicole Kidman, Dua Lipa, Bella Hadid and Naomi Campbell who were all cast in the show. Leah Dolan, CNN, 6 July 2022 Damian Lewis and Guy Pearce star in the true story of British turncoat spy Kim Philby and his friendship with fellow MI6 sleuth Nicholas Elliott. Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 20 May 2022 But later that day, a lucky sleuth had unraveled the mystery, found the bill and pocketed it. Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 12 May 2022 Henry Holt Hopkins mentioned paint sleuth Matthew Mosca, woodworker Thomas Brown, interior designer Henry Johnson, plaster fabricators Hayles and Howe, and consultant Tom McCracken. Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 7 May 2022
Verb
Since the start of the war, online users have tried to sleuth out the brands Zelenskyy relies on—with California label 5.11 and Austrian Carinthia products among his outfit staples. Tiffany Ap, Quartz, 9 May 2022 That's not to say that viewers should brace for a morose hour; in fact, the episode teems with frivolity and mystery, too, as Beth (Susan Kelechi Watson) and Madison (Caitlin Thompson) try to sleuth out whom Kevin spent the previous night with. Dan Snierson, EW.com, 19 Apr. 2022 In the past, Queen Charlotte hired Eloise to sleuth for Lady Whistledown leads and even accused her of being the gossip columnist in season 2. Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 1 Apr. 2022 Players were given 20 different repair orders and asked to sleuth out what specific part was causing the problem, fix it, and then test the fix on the road. Michael Thomsen, Wired, 13 Nov. 2021 Sometimes these creators sleuth to identify racists and people spreading disinformation about topics like the Covid vaccines. NBC News, 8 Oct. 2021 In other words, the challenge was on to sleuth out magical realms. Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 9 Mar. 2021 The easiest way to sleuth out the life cycle of a parasite is to present it with potential hosts, just as Dykman did with the worms in the kelp bass. Sabrina Imbler, The Atlantic, 16 Feb. 2021 Researchers have to sleuth out whether that fish could physically make that sound, either by listening to existing recordings or speculating how the fish’s sonic muscles might produce noise. Sabrina Imbler, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

short for sleuthhound

First Known Use

Noun

1872, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1900, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

sleuths

noun

plural of sleuth
as in detectives
a person not on the police force who investigates criminal or illicit activity or searches for missing persons the popular TV sleuth lives a much more action-packed life than do his real-world counterparts

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • detectives
  • investigators
  • operatives
  • gumshoes
  • sleuthhounds
  • dicks
  • private investigators
  • private detectives
  • sherlocks
  • private eyes
  • trackers
  • hawkshaws
  • shadows
  • tracers
  • shamuses
  • plainclothesmen
  • feds
  • narks
  • narcs
  • G-men
  • tails
  • Federals
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