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   Gum·shoe

   /ˈɡəmˌSHo͞o/

   

   noun

   • 1. a detective: informal North American "he'd been intrigued enough to put a gumshoe on the case"

   Word Origin mid 19th century (in the sense ‘galoshes or soft-soled shoes’, suggesting stealth): the current sense dates from the early 20th century.

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2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › gumshoeGumshoe Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   Noun. In the show, Wednesday star Emma Myers (with a solid British accent!) plays a teenage gumshoe who gets to the bottom of a homicide case years earlier in a small English village in this adaptation of Holly Jackson’s popular YA novel.

3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › GumshoeGumshoe - Wikipedia

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   Gumshoe is a type of shoe, also known as galoshes. Gumshoe may also refer to: Gumshoe, a slang term for a private detective, from those that wore street shoes with a thick, soft and quiet rubber sole; Gumshoe, Stephen Frears's 1971 directorial debut; Gumshoe, a 1986 Nintendo shooter

4. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › gumshoeGumshoe - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com

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   When you wear gumshoes, you're pulling on waterproof galoshes over your regular footwear. If you are a gumshoe, on the other hand, you're a private detective, investigating a case.

5. english.stackexchange.com › questions › 74949Why are detectives/investigators referred to as "gumshoe"s?

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   Jul 18, 2012 · Originally, gumshoe referred to a shoe with a rubber sole, specifically, galoshes or (more relevant to our purposes) sneakers. The senses of gumshoe leading to the 'private detective' sense all have to do with the idea that rubber-soled shoes give the wearer the ability to walk stealthily.

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishGUMSHOE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   GUMSHOE definition: 1. informal for detective (= someone whose job is to discover facts about a crime) 2. informal for…. Learn more.

7. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryGUMSHOE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   GUMSHOE meaning: 1. informal for detective (= someone whose job is to discover facts about a crime) 2. informal for…. Learn more.

8. www.britannica.com › dictionary › gumshoeGumshoe Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

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   GUMSHOE meaning: a person whose job is to find information about someone or something a private detective used especially to imitate the language of old detective novels.

9. www.oed.com › dictionary › gumshoe_ngumshoe, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English...

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   What does the noun gumshoe mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun gumshoe . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

10. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishGUMSHOE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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    noun. 1. a waterproof overshoe. 2. US and Canadian. a rubber-soled shoe. 3. US and Canadian slang. a detective or one who moves about stealthily. 4. US and Canadian slang. a stealthy action or movement. verb Word forms: -shoes, -shoeing, -shoed. 5. (intransitive) US and Canadian slang. to act stealthily. Collins English Dictionary.

11. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › gumshoegumshoe - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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    Aug 18, 2024 · gumshoe (plural gumshoes) A sneaker or rubber overshoe. [from mid 19th c.] (slang, Canada, US) A detective. [from early 20th c.] Synonyms: detective, dick, private eye, sleuth