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gumshoe

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gumshoe /ˈgʌmˌʃuː/ noun
plural gumshoes
gumshoe
/ˈgʌmˌʃuː/
noun
plural gumshoes
Learner's definition of GUMSHOE
[count] US, informal + old-fashioned
: a person whose job is to find information about someone or something : a private detective私家侦探used especially to imitate the language of old detective novels尤用于模仿旧时侦探小说的语言
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gumshoe

1 of 2

noun

gum·​shoe ˈgəm-ˌshü How to pronounce gumshoe (audio)

gumshoe

2 of 2

verb

gumshoed; gumshoeing

intransitive verb

: to engage in detective work

Example Sentences

Noun the couple paid a gumshoe to look for their missing son
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
In the series, Prioress does a lot more gumshoe investigating. Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2022 The producer misplaces some of his music, and the player becomes a gumshoe on the case hunting for the lost tunes. Elias Leight, Rolling Stone, 15 Dec. 2021 Yes, that’s right, the emergence of self-driving cars has all the makings of being a kind of modern-day gumshoe that can be a devout crime fighter. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 22 May 2021 LaKeith Stanfield, an actor not particularly known for playing down-the-middle characters, was Craig’s straight-from-central-casting gumshoe. Angela Watercutter, Wired, 14 May 2021 The artwork introduces Cooper's new persona, a fedora-wearing gumshoe named Maurice Escargot. Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 16 Mar. 2021 The Mystery of the Carnival Caper (1998) enabled me to live out my girl-gumshoe dreams. Drew Dakessian, Wired, 2 Mar. 2021 The 70-year-old gumshoe reportedly cracked his head on the pavement outside his Haight-Ashbury home when muggers yanked a new camera from around his neck Thursday. Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 31 Jan. 2021 Ultimately, the judge decided to keep the gumshoe locked up pending trial. Mario Ariza, sun-sentinel.com, 8 Dec. 2020 See More

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1913, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1897, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of gumshoe was in 1897
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