sleuth-hound
1sleuth-hound — sleuthˈ hound noun 1. A bloodhound or other dog trained to track people 2. A detective • • • Main Entry: ↑sleuth …
2sleuth|hound — «SLOOTH HOWND», noun. 1. = bloodhound. (Cf. ↑bloodhound) 2. U.S. Informal. a detective …
3sleuth-hound — n. Blood hound, slot hound, slow hound …
4sleuth-hound — noun /ˈsluːθhaʊnd/ A bloodhound or, especially, a similar hound formerly used in Scotland. Syn: slot hound …
5sleuth-hound — noun 1》 dated a bloodhound. 2》 informal an investigator or detective …
6sleuth — [12] Sleuth originally meant ‘track, trail’ (‘John of Lorn perceived the hound had lost the sleuth’, John Barbour, The Bruce 1375). It was borrowed from Old Norse slóth ‘track, trail’, which was probably also the ultimate source of English slot… …
7sleuth — [12] Sleuth originally meant ‘track, trail’ (‘John of Lorn perceived the hound had lost the sleuth’, John Barbour, The Bruce 1375). It was borrowed from Old Norse slóth ‘track, trail’, which was probably also the ultimate source of English slot… …
8sleuth — n. & v. colloq. n. a detective. v. 1 intr. act as a detective. 2 tr. investigate. Phrases and idioms: sleuth hound 1 a bloodhound. 2 colloq. a detective, an investigator. Etymology: orig. in sleuth hound: ME f. sleuth f. ON sloacuteth track,… …
9sleuth — 1. noun /sljuːθ,sluːθ/ a) A sleuth hound; a bloodhound. Do ye want me to become a sleuth, or engage detectives to track the objects of your erroneous philanthropy? b) A detective. As quietly as if I were practicing to join a sleuth of bears, I… …
10sleuth — sluËθ v. inquire or watch clandestinely, trail like a detective n. detective; sleuth hound, dog used to track or follow, bloodhound …
