spoor

verb

spoored; spooring; spoors

transitive verb

: to track by a spoor

intransitive verb

: to track something by its spoor

Word History

First Known Use

1850, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Rhymes for spoor

• boor
• cour
• cure
• jure
• lure
• moor
• pure
• sure
• tour
• abjure
• adjure
• allure

Kids Definition

spoor

noun

ˈspu̇(ə)r, 

ˈspō(ə)r, 

ˈspȯ(ə)r

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