Associations to the word «Sleuthing»

Wiktionary

SLEUTH, noun. (obsolete) An animal’s trail or track.
SLEUTH, noun. (archaic) A sleuth-hound; a bloodhound.
SLEUTH, noun. A detective.
SLEUTH, verb. (intransitive) (transitive) To act as a detective; to try to discover who committed a crime.
SLEUTH, noun. (obsolete) (uncountable) Slowness; laziness, sloth.
SLEUTH, noun. (rare) A collective term for a group of bears.

Dictionary definition

SLEUTH, noun. A detective who follows a trail.
SLEUTH, verb. Watch, observe, or inquire secretly.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats