Associations to the word «Sleuth»

Wiktionary

SLEUTH, noun. (obsolete) An animal’s trail or track.
SLEUTH, noun. (archaic) A sleuth-hound; a bloodhound.
SLEUTH, noun. A detective.
SLEUTH, verb. (intransitive) (transitive) To act as a detective; to try to discover who committed a crime.
SLEUTH, noun. (obsolete) (uncountable) Slowness; laziness, sloth.
SLEUTH, noun. (rare) A collective term for a group of bears.

Dictionary definition

SLEUTH, noun. A detective who follows a trail.
SLEUTH, verb. Watch, observe, or inquire secretly.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley