gumshoe
gumshoe · gumshoes
галоша
A sneaker or rubber overshoeA sneaker or rubber overshoe.
/ˈɡʌm.ʃuː/
» He's a gumshoe.
Hybrid · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 sensesA sneaker or rubber overshoe.
гало́шаgalóša
(slang)A detective.
Schnüffler
детекти́вdetektív
someone who is a detective
Examples
1 sentencesHe's a gumshoe.
Translations
5 languagesРусский
By meaning 2
sneaker or rubber overshoe:
slang: a detective:
Deutsch
slang: a detective:
Origin
From gum + shoe.From gum + shoe.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
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