SLEUTH


Meaning of SLEUTH in English

n. & v. colloq.

n. a detective.

v. 1 intr. act as a detective. 2 tr. investigate. sleuth-hound 1 a bloodhound. 2 colloq. a detective, an investigator.

[ orig. in sleuth-hound: ME f. sleuth f. ON slóth track, trail: cf. SLOT(2) ]

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