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Meanings of
sleuth
in English
Portuguese
espiar
Catalan
espiar
Spanish
espiar
Back to the meaning
Watch, observe, or inquire secretly.
spy
stag
snoop
Portuguese
espiar
Catalan
perdiguer
Back to the meaning
A detective who follows a trail.
sleuthhound
Catalan
perdiguer
Usage of
sleuth
in English
1
Despite being a former
sleuth
,
my sense of direction is sadly lacking.
2
Ronson's pose is that of the ingenue
sleuth
:
Colombo with added neuroses.
3
Hartley took the leaf torn out of the
sleuth
's
dingy memorandum book.
4
Emma shifted in the passenger seat and mentally assumed her
sleuth
mode.
5
I will hide my every movement from you, my marble-faced old
sleuth
.
6
He was really only a sort of detective, a species of
sleuth
.
7
I'm ready to start out right now and
sleuth
until it's settled.
8
No one seeming to appreciate our
sleuth
's
brilliant theory, he promptly left.
9
That my father would try to
sleuth
out the source of my behavior?
10
She should have updated her
sleuth
skills to include the latest technological advances.
11
Here, indeed, was a conundrum worthy of the mind of a master
sleuth
.
12
Now a private consultant, Wittman was the bureau's original art
sleuth
.
13
And a former teen
sleuth
with mixed motives, who manipulates people.
14
Pursued by the
sleuth
hounds of intolerance he fled to Geneva for protection.
15
Then in 1903, to please readers, he resuscitates the famous
sleuth
.
16
It doesn't take a
sleuth
,
Maddy, to see the writing on the wall.
Other examples for "sleuth"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
sleuth
Noun
Singular
Verb
Indicative · Present
Frequent collocations
amateur sleuth
sleuth out
super sleuth
famous sleuth
great sleuth
More collocations
Translations for
sleuth
Portuguese
espiar
Catalan
espiar
perdiguer
Spanish
espiar
Sleuth
through the time
Sleuth
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common