spoor

¹spoor

noun \ˈspu̇r, ˈspȯr\

plural spoor or spoors

Definition of SPOOR

1

: a track, a trail, a scent, or droppings especially of a wild animal

2

: a trace by which the progress of someone or something may be followed

Origin of SPOOR

Afrikaans, from Dutch; akin to Old English spor footprint, spoor, spurnan to kick — more at spurn

First Known Use: 1823

Other Hunting and Fishing Terms

chum, covert, creel, flense, pitfall, seine, skulk, trawl

Rhymes with SPOOR

boar, Boer, bore, chore, cor, core, corps, crore, door, floor, for, fore, four, frore, gore, Gore, hoar, lore, mor, more, nor, o'er, oar, or, ore, poor, pore, pour, roar, score, shore, snore, soar, sore, splore, spore, store, Thor, tor, torr, war, whore, yore, your

²spoor

verb

Definition of SPOOR

transitive verb

: to track by a spoor

intransitive verb

: to track something by its spoor

First Known Use of SPOOR

1850

Other Hunting and Fishing Terms

chum, covert, creel, flense, pitfall, seine, skulk, spoor, trawl