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Gumshoe

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Noun

1. dick, gumshoe, hawkshaw

someone who is a detective

2. arctic, galosh, golosh, gumshoe, rubber

a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Gumshoe

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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 -shoes, -shoeing or -shoed
5. (intransitive) US and Canadian slang
to act stealthily

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Gumshoe

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noun
1. 
a. 
a rubber overshoe
b.  [pl.]
sneakers
2.  Slang
a detective
verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈgumˌshoed or ˈgumˌshoeing Slang
3. 
to sneak or go about quietly, as a detective; act with stealth

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Gumshoe

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n.
1. A sneaker or rubber overshoe.
2. Slang An investigator, especially a detective.
intr.v. gum·shoed, gum·shoe·ing, gum·shoes
Slang
1. To work as a detective.
2. To move about stealthily; sneak.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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