SLEUTH


Meaning of SLEUTH in English

[ slu:θ ]

informal

■ noun a detective.

■ verb [often as noun ~ing ] carry out a search or investigation in the manner of a detective.

Origin

ME (orig. in the sense 'track', in ~-hound ): from ON slóth ; cf. slot 2 .

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