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Definitions: Gumshoe |
GumshoeNoun1. (informal) someone who is a detective. 2. A waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: GumshoeSynonyms: arctic (n), dick (n), galosh (n), golosh (n), hawkshaw (n), rubber (n). (additional references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Gumshoe (1971) The Gumshoe Kid (1990) | |
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| "Gumshoe" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 80.00% of the time. "Gumshoe" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 80% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Noun (proper) | 20% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 5 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
gumshoe | 38 |
gumshoe virtual | 13 |
galactic gumshoe ruby | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "gumshoe"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | galloshe (galosh, golosh, overshoe, rubbers), këpucë basketbolli, detektiv (bloodhound, detective, Dick, plant, sleuth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | следя (keep an eye on, mouse, observe, ride herd on, shadow, stag, tail, track, trail, watch), шпионирам (be on the lurk, spy, tout), полицай (bluebottle, bull, constable, cop, copper, flatfoot, fuzz, grass, jemadar, patrolman, peace officer, peeler, pendant, peon, pig, pointsman, police officer, policeman, rozzer, runner, shamus, slop, trap), детектив (beagle, detective, eye, investigator, operative, shadow, tec, tracker, trap). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Gummiüberschuh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | γαλότσα (galosh, overshoe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | titkosrendőr (plainclothes man, shadow, spotter), hekus (busy, cop, copper, flatfoot, tail), detektív (busy, detective, flatfoot, gum-shoe, sleuth, spotter, tail). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | umshoegay галоша (galosh, golosh, overshoe), полицейский (constable, copper, cops, jemadar, patrolman, patrolmen, peeler, police, police constable, police officer, policeman, policemen, police-officer, redcap, runner, slop, speed-cop, traffic cop, traffic manager, traffic officer). (various references) gumena patika. (various references) gummisko (creeper, rubber shoe), galosch (galosh, golosh, overshoe, rubber), snut (bogey, cop, flatfoot, fuzz, gendarme, Paddy, pig, shamus), smyga (crawl, creep, slink, slip, stalk), handla i smyg, deckare (detective story, Dick, shamus, sleuth, sleuthhound, whodunit). (various references) ตำรวจ (bobby, copper, gendarme, gendermerie, Old Bill, rozzer). (various references) kauçuk ayakkabı, casus (beagle, emissary, infiltrator, intelligencer, spook, spy), ajan (agent, courier, infiltrator, intelligencer, secret agent, spook, spy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "gumshoe": gumshoed, gumshoeing, gumshoes. (additional references) | |
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"Gumshoe" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ganshof, Gasthofe, gensho, gumshou, Gumushane. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-h-m-o-s-u" | |
-1 letter: ugsome. | |
-2 letters: geums, homes, house, meous, moues, mouse, sough. | |
-3 letters: egos, emus, gems, geum, goes, gosh, gums, gush, hems, hoes, hogs, home, hose, hues, huge, hugs, hums, megs, meou, mesh, mhos, mogs, mosh, moue, mugs, muse, mush, ohms, sego, shmo, shoe, shog, smog, smug, some, sugh, sumo, ughs. | |
-4 letters: ego, ems, emu, gem, gos. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-h-m-o-s-u" | |
+1 letter: gumshoed, gumshoes. | |
+3 letters: gumshoeing, hemizygous, homogenous, homologues. | |
+4 letters: homogeneous, largemouths, outscheming. | |
+5 letters: chemosurgery, hematogenous, heterogamous, housewarming, meetinghouse, pneumographs. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 75 6D 73 68 6F 65 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01110101 01101101 01110011 01101000 01101111 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G u m s h o e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0075 006D 0073 0068 006F 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)41877985748171 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, албанец, албански език, албански, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, албанский, albanski, albanac, alban, Arnavut |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, български, български език, българин, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | gjerman, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, német, немецкий, germanski, tysk, าษาเยอรมัน, เยอรมัน, alman |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | гръцки език, гръцки, грък, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, ungrare, ชาวฮังการี, macarca, macar |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | руски език, руски, руснак, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ryss, ชาวรัสเซีย, Rusça |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | serbokroatisch, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk, เกี่ยวกับ าษาเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, าษาหลักของชาวเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättning | suedez, шведски, шведски език, швед, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí |
Thai | พจนานุกรม | thailändisch, Thailänder, Ταϊλανδός· Ταϊλανδέζος, thailändare, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, คนไทย, Tayland, Taylandlı, Tayland Dili, Tai Dili |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, турски език, турски, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, török, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turkisk, türkçe, türk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, английски език, английски, англичаните, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, engelsk, เกี่ยวกับประเทศอังกฤษ, ชาวอังกฤษ, าษาอังกฤษ, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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