sleuthhound

sleuth·hound

noun \ˈslüth-ˌhau̇nd\

Definition of SLEUTHHOUND

: detective

Examples of SLEUTHHOUND

1. <the fictional sleuthhound Miss Marple is notable for her age as well as for her understanding of human nature, both of them being rather advanced>

Origin of SLEUTHHOUND

Middle English (Scots) sleuth hund, a kind of bloodhound, from Middle English sleuth, sloith, sloth track of an animal or person (from Old Norse slōth) + hund hound

First Known Use: 1850

Related to SLEUTHHOUND

Synonyms

dick, gumshoe, hawkshaw, investigator, operative, private detective, private eye, private investigator, shamus [slang], sherlock, sleuth, detective

Related Words

shadow, tail, tracer, tracker; fed, Federal, G-man, narc (or nark) [slang], plainclothesman

Rhymes with SLEUTHHOUND

abound, aground, around, astound, background, bloodhound, boozehound, brassbound, break ground, campground, chowhound, clothbound, come round, compound, confound, coonhound, deerhound, deskbound, dumbfound, earthbound, eastbound, elkhound, expound, fairground, fogbound, foot-pound, foreground, foxhound, gain ground, go-round, greyhound, half-bound, hardbound, hellhound, hidebound, high ground, homebound, horehound, housebound, icebound, impound, inbound, ironbound, lose ground, newfound, newshound, northbound, outbound, playground, pot-bound, profound, propound, rebound, redound, renowned, resound, rockbound, rock hound, scent hound, sight hound, smooth hound, snowbound, softbound, southbound, spellbound, staghound, stone-ground, stormbound, strikebound, surround, to ground, top round, unbound, unround, unsound, well-found, westbound, wolfhound, year-round