Sleuthing

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Detective work. countable, uncountable

    "“Wotcher, me old cock sparrow, how's the sleuthing business?” bellowed Sandy, pausing and balancing his saddle on one knee while he looped up the girth."

  2. 2
    a police investigation to determine the perpetrator wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of sleuth form-of, gerund, participle, present

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detectingdetectiondetectiondetective workespionagehearing

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"While sleuthing around, he discovered some things he wished he hadn’t."

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