sherlock
sher·lock
noun, often capitalized \ˈshər-ˌläk, -lək\Definition of SHERLOCK
Examples of SHERLOCK
- <one of literature's most eccentric sherlocks, Nero Wolfe manages to solve mysteries without so much as leaving the confines of his own home>
Origin of SHERLOCK
Sherlock Holmes, detective in stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
First Known Use: 1903
Related to SHERLOCK
- Synonyms
- dick, gumshoe, hawkshaw, investigator, operative, private detective, private eye, private investigator, shamus [slang], detective, sleuth, sleuthhound
Rhymes with SHERLOCK
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