sleuth
noun
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Pronunciation: /sluːθ/
noun
Etymology: From Old English slǣwþ, corresponding to slow + -th.
- Slowness; laziness, sloth.
- A group of bears.
“As quietly as if I were practicing to join a sleuth of bears, I crept out the door and went on home, eventually winding up in the garage…”
“If these dainty adventurers weren’t being chased by a sleuth of bears or bogeys, they were being captured by Gypsies or thieves.”
verb
Etymology: Clipping of sleuthhound.
- To act as a detective; to try to discover who committed a crime, or, more generally, to solve a mystery.
“We must discover where he lives, what he does — sleuth him, in fact!”