Definition/Meaning of sleuth

• English - Noun: sleuth (plural sleuths) A detective . 1908, Edith Van Dyne (Frank L. Baum), Aunt Jane’s Nieces at MillvilleDo ye want me to become a sleuth, or engage detectives to track the objects of your erroneous philanthropy? 2021 June 23, Carl Zimmer, quoting Michael Worobey, “Scientist Finds Early Virus Sequences That Had Been Mysteriously Deleted”, in The New York Times, →ISSN: “This is a great piece of…
• English - Verb: sleuth (third-person singular simple present sleuths, present participle sleuthing, simple past and past participle sleuthed) (ambitransitive) To act as a detective; to try to discover who commit ted a crime , or, more generally, to solve a mystery . 1922, Agatha Christie, The Secret Adversary: We must discover where he lives, what he does — sleuth him, in fact!
• English - Anagrams: hustle
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. Clipping of sleuthhound . Etymology 2. From Old English slǣwþ , corresponding to slow + -th .
• English - Pronunciation: (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /sluːθ/ (General American) IPA: /sluːθ/ Rhymes: -uːθ