- gumshoe
- I. noun Date: 1913 detective II. intransitive verb (gumshoed; gumshoeing) Date: 1930 to engage in detective work
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gumshoe — gum shoe n. 1. A detective; a private eye. [slang] [PJC] 2. A shoe made of rubber, as a rubber overshoe. [PJC] 3. A sneaker[3]. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gumshoe — index prowl Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
gumshoe — plainclothes detective, 1906, from the rubber soled shoes they wore (which were so called from 1863); from GUM (Cf. gum) (1) + SHOE (Cf. shoe) … Etymology dictionary
Gumshoe — Comédie de Stephen Frears, avec Albert Finney (Eddie Ginley), Billie Whitelaw (Ellen), Frank Finlay (William), Janice RuleMrs. Blankerscoon), Carolyn Seymour (Alison Wyatt). Scénario: Neville Smith Photographie: Chris Menges Décor:… … Dictionnaire mondial des Films
gumshoe — ☆ gumshoe [gum′sho͞o΄ ] n. [ GUM1 (rubber) + SHOE] 1. a) a rubber overshoe b) [pl.] sneakers 2. Slang a detective vi. gumshoed, gumshoeing … English World dictionary
gumshoe — I n A private investigator. Sally hired a low life gumshoe to tail her husband. 1940s II n Detective. Some gumshoe has been tailing me all afternoon. 1860s … Historical dictionary of American slang
gumshoe — American an investigator in plain clothes He has an ability to walk quietly on rubber soles. He may be a policeman or a private detective: Don t you call me sister you cheap gumshoe. (Chandler, 1958, insulting a policeman) The… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
gumshoe — UK [ˈɡʌmˌʃuː] / US [ˈɡʌmˌʃu] noun [countable] Word forms gumshoe : singular gumshoe plural gumshoes American old fashioned a detective 2) … English dictionary
gumshoe — [“gam1 Ju] n. a policeman or a detective. (Underworld. Also a term of address. So named for wearing silent, gum rubber soles.) □ Has that gumshoe been around asking questions again? □ Look, gumshoe, what do you want with me? … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
gumshoe — noun /ˈɡʌm.ʃuː/ a) A sneaker or rubber overshoe. Whos this gumshoe guy from the bush league tailin us? b) A detective. Syn: detective, dick … Wiktionary
gumshoe — Synonyms and related words: Dogberry, John Law, Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes, beagle, bluecoat, bobby, bull, cop, copper, couch, crawl, creep, dick, eye, flatfoot, flattie, fuzz, gendarme, go on tiptoe, grovel, gumshoe man, hawkshaw, heat, inch,… … Moby Thesaurus
