Definition of a sleuth

sleuth

noun

• a detective.
  • See more words with the same meaning: police officer.

  Last edited on Oct 10 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'police officer':
d*ck	Definitions include: a mean person; "jerk"; "asshole".
rollers	Definitions include: the police.
boys in blue	Definitions include: the police.
law dog	Definitions include: a member of the police force.
fed	Definitions include: a member of the federal government.
po, the	Definitions include: the police.
Jake	Definitions include: a police officer.
cherry-tops	Definitions include: police, usually in cars.
bobby	Definitions include: a police officer.
uni	Definitions include: university.
bronze	Definitions include: the police.
5-oh	Definitions include: the police.
feds, the	Definitions include: See fed.
poe-poe	Definitions include: the police.
5 o	Definitions include: the police.
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lunchbox	Definitions include: someone that is extremely lunching.
boom	Definitions include: to sell.
pip, the	Definitions include: a cold.
pr*ck tease	Definitions include: a person who gets a male excited by the high probability of later sex, but who has no intention of having sex with said male.
nuttso	Definitions include: misspelling of nutso.
f*ck about	Definitions include: mess around.
floordrobe	Definitions include: a "wardrobe" of one's clothes that's laying on the floor.
thoroughbred	Definitions include: a male. Origin: hip hop.
swani or swany	Definitions include: "can't believe it" or "declare".
in the horrors	Definitions include: very drunk or intoxicated.

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