Definizione monolingua

sleuth

sleuth (third-person singular simple present sleuths, present participle sleuthing, simple past and past participle sleuthed)

1. (intransitive, transitive) To act as a detective; to try to discover who committed a crime.
   • 1922, Agatha Christie, The Secret Adversary

     We must discover where he lives, what he does — sleuth him, in fact!

sleuth (plural sleuths)

1. (obsolete) An animal’s trail or track.
2. (archaic) A sleuth-hound; a bloodhound.
3. A detective.
   • 1908, Edith Van Dyne (Frank L. Baum), Aunt Jane’s Nieces at Millville

     Do ye want me to become a sleuth, or engage detectives to track the objects of your erroneous philanthropy?

Definizione dizionario sleuth

bloodhound

investigatore

segugio

Altri significati:

(obsolete) An animal’s trail or track.

to spy after someone

detective

(rare) A collective term for a group of bears.

(archaic) A sleuth-hound; a bloodhound.

(intransitive, transitive) To act as a detective; to try to discover who committed a crime.

A detective.

(obsolete, uncountable) Slowness; laziness, sloth.