Word "GUMSHOE" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow
Synonyms:
arctic, galosh, golosh, rubber

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
someone who is a detective
Synonyms:
dick, hawkshaw

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Cop recalled self-satisfied male eating donut
Private eye LA Times Daily 15 Jun 2025
Rubber overboot Puzzler Backwords 27 May 2025
A sneaker for a detective (7)
1971 film by Stephen Frears starring Albert Finney (7)
Spade perhaps, or shovel, Roman characters left by tree (7)
Sleuth (7) Puzzler 12 Dec 2024
Stealthy detective sticks with something that might help to weed out (7)
Detective who left sticky footprints behind? (7)
Detective (7) Puzzler 20 Aug 2024
Detective (colloq) (7)
Investigator, sleuth (7)
Ye Olde Bull sticks with house wine ultimately
Rubber overboot Puzzler Backwords 12 Mar 2024
Investigator like Sherlock (EGO MUSH anagram) (7)
Lead follower, informally
What is an American slang word for a detective? (7)
Footwear sticks on top of scraper The Times Cryptic 08 Aug 2022
American detective in Oxford possibly having something to chew on
Detective Canadiana 11 Jan 2021
One like Sam Spade sticks to house wine ultimately The Sun Two Speed 08 Oct 2020
Private eye The Sun Two Speed 08 Oct 2020
Idiot turned up with what may be Oxford detective
Shamus Thomas Joseph 23 Apr 2020
Private eye The Washington Post 21 Nov 2019
Private eye LA Times Daily 21 Nov 2019
Sleuth, in slang Universal 29 Jan 2019
Sleuth, in slang
Detective showing face around Oxford?
Maybe Sam Spade sticks with another tool for gardener
Detective, slangily Premier Sunday 21 Jan 2018
Protagonist in hard-boiled fiction The Chronicle of Higher Education 19 Jan 2018
Protagonist in hard-boiled fiction
Detailed mugshot snapped by Eastern US cop
Sucker upset over wearing woman's footwear The Times Cryptic 03 Aug 2015
Shamus Wall Street Journal 03 Jul 2015
Shamus
Follower of a cold case, perhaps
Sleuth, in slang
One who may be on your case
Private eye
Mike Hammer, for example, in slang
Sam Spade, e.g., slangily
Sam Spade, e.g., slangily
Sleuth, informally
Sleuth, informally
Case worker?
Dick
Dick
Dick
Sleuth, in slang
Private eye
Detective
Detective
Tec
Private eye
Sneaker
Dick
Relative of a dick.
Private eye.
Detective: Slang.
Sleuth: Slang.
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