gumshoe

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a detective, especially a private investigator

   The hard-boiled gumshoe tailed the suspect through the rain-slicked streets.

American English compound of gum + shoe, originally meaning a galosh or rubber-soled shoe; 'detective' sense from the idea of moving stealthily and silently as if in soft-soled shoes.

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