Gumshoe

Synonyms for "gumshoe" (82 found)

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Noun(3 words)

beagle bluecoat bobby bull cop copper couch crawl creek creep detective dick dogberry eye

Strong matches (24)

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operative

Noun(3 words)

galosh golosh hawkshaw

Related words (41)

pad peeler pig plainclothesmanpolice officerpolicemanprivate eyeprowl pussyfoot scrabble scramble shadow shamus sherlocksherlock holmesshirk sidleskip tracerskulk sleuth

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sleuthhound slink slip sly snake sneak spotter stalk stealsteal alongtecthe copsthe fuzzthe lawtippytoe tiptoe wormworm along

Noun(3 words)

plain clothes detectiverubber sleuths

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detective investigator overshoepolice detectivetec

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He's a gumshoe.

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"Who's this gumshoe guy from the bush league tailin' us?"

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The next thing they did was to send a man sent down there from Baltimore and he spent a good deal of time gumshoeing around in that county trying to get another individual put in as secretary-treasurer.

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But these days, more and more women are gumshoeing through the pages of murder mysteries.

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