gumshoe
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Definition of gumshoe
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gumshoe
verbDefinition of gumshoe (Entry 2 of 2)
: to engage in detective work
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Synonyms for gumshoe
Synonyms: Noun
detective, dick, hawkshaw, investigator, operative, private detective, private eye, private investigator, shamus [slang], sherlock, sleuth, sleuthhound
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Examples of gumshoe in a Sentence
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the suspicious wife paid a gumshoe to follow her husbandRecent Examples on the Web: Noun
Doug Smith Senior writer Doug Smith scouts Los Angeles for the ragged edges where public policy meets real people, combining data analysis and gumshoe reporting to tell L.A. stories through his 45 years of experience covering the city. — Doug Smith, latimes.com, "Encampments take root in South L.A. Here's why clearing them out is so difficult," 10 June 2018 Doug Smith Senior writer Doug Smith scouts Los Angeles for the ragged edges where public policy meets real people, combining data analysis and gumshoe reporting to tell L.A. stories through his 45 years of experience covering the city. — Doug Smith, latimes.com, "Encampments take root in South L.A. Here's why clearing them out is so difficult," 10 June 2018 Doug Smith Senior writer Doug Smith scouts Los Angeles for the ragged edges where public policy meets real people, combining data analysis and gumshoe reporting to tell L.A. stories through his 45 years of experience covering the city. — Doug Smith, latimes.com, "Encampments take root in South L.A. Here's why clearing them out is so difficult," 10 June 2018 But behind this legal machine are often bizarre court cases full of petty criminals, old-fashioned gumshoe detectives, and... robots who want civil rights. — Annalee Newitz, Ars Technica, "Bay Area: Join us 6/13 to discuss the past, present, and future of tech law," 11 June 2018 Doug Smith Senior writer Doug Smith scouts Los Angeles for the ragged edges where public policy meets real people, combining data analysis and gumshoe reporting to tell L.A. stories through his 45 years of experience covering the city. — Doug Smith, latimes.com, "Encampments take root in South L.A. Here's why clearing them out is so difficult," 10 June 2018 After four years of ceaseless digging, Mr. Berryman and his equally hard-charging FBI gumshoes were able to bring down those crooked soccer czars—or at least two dozen of them. — David Hirshey, WSJ, "World Cup Books Reviewed: The World Without America," 7 June 2018 But any gumshoe worth her salt knows that a closer look reveals that there is more to the story. — Husna Haq, The Christian Science Monitor, "It’s no mystery how ‘Strike’ novels scored a TV version," 1 June 2018 Propulsive and naturalistic without ever being exploitative, Qu's second feature sticks close to the emotional weather patterns of her story's troubled, escape-seeking girls, like a gumshoe whose nose is for complexities, not answers. — Robert Abele, latimes.com, "Crime noirish 'Angels Wear White' takes on the plight of women and girls in China," 17 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'gumshoe.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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gumshoe
noun
English Language Learners Definition of gumshoe
: a person whose job is to find information about someone or something : a private detective
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