Definition of 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': | |
| Definitions include: the police. | |
| Definitions include: the police. | |
| Definitions include: the police. | |
| Definitions include: to report misdeeds to authorities or authority figures; "tell on". | |
| Definitions include: Police, Authorities. | |
| Definitions include: a police officer. | |
| Definitions include: City Police. | |
| Definitions include: an "undercover" police officer. | |
| Definitions include: the police. | |
| Definitions include: a city worker who gives tickets to illegally parked cars. | |
| Definitions include: policeman. | |
| Definitions include: to get. | |
| Definitions include: The police. Origin: 1980 Mel Gibson film Mad Max | |
| Definitions include: a mean person; "jerk"; "asshole". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "Power on, power off." | |
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| Definitions include: acronym for "ta-ta for now" (i.e. "goodbye for now.") Used mainly in computer-based conversation (instant messaging, email, text messaging, etc.) | |
| Definitions include: very intoxicated by anything but alcohol. | |
| Definitions include: to successfully hit someone with a punch. | |
| Definitions include: someone who enjoys listening to and spreading gossip. | |
| Definitions include: a phlegm wad. | |
| Definitions include: to cooperate. | |
| Definitions include: the buttocks. | |
| Definitions include: "no". | |
| Definitions include: See shits and giggles. | |
| Definitions include: "man-to-man". |
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