Meaning of GUMSHOE

Pronunciation:			'gum`shoo
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow [n]  (informal) someone who is a detective
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	Synonyms:		arctic, dick, galosh, golosh, hawkshaw, rubber
	See Also:		detective, investigator, overshoe, police detective, tec
Thesaurus Terms
	Related Terms:		beagle, bluecoat, bobby, bull, cop, copper, couch, crawl, creep, dick, Dogberry, eye, flatfoot, flattie, fuzz, gendarme, go on tiptoe, grovel, gumshoe man, hawkshaw, heat, inch, inch along, investigator, John Law, lay wait, lie in wait, lurk, nightwalk, officer, pad, peeler, pig, plainclothesman, police officer, private eye, prowl, pussyfoot, scrabble, scramble, shadow, shamus, Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes, shirk, sidle, skip tracer, skulk, sleuth, sleuthhound, slink, slip, snake, sneak, spotter, stalk, steal, steal along, tec, the cops, the fuzz, the law, tippytoe, tiptoe, worm, worm along