Meaning

1 senses

  1. (slang)To act as a detective.

    schnüffeln

Examples

1 sentences

  1. He's a gumshoe.

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Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
to act as a detective:

Origin

From gum + shoe.

From gum + shoe.

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Forms

gumshoes, gumshoeing, gumshoed, gumshoed
Base formgumshoe · to gumshoe
3rd person singulargumshoes
Present participlegumshoeing
Past simplegumshoed
Past participlegumshoed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygumshoe
he, she, itgumshoes

Past simpleLesson

all personsgumshoed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave gumshoed
he, she, ithas gumshoed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill gumshoe

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gumballgummygumptiongunA2gunfight
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