gumshoes

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- /ˈɡʌm.ʃuː/
- /ˈɡʌm.ʃuː/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- /ˈɡʌm.ʃuː/

Definitions of gumshoes word

noun gumshoes Plural form of gumshoe. 1
noun plural gumshoes waterproof overshoes 0
noun plural gumshoes rubber-soled shoes 0

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Parts of speech for Gumshoes

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determiner

exclamation

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This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

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Synonyms for gumshoes

noun gumshoes

detectives — Plural form of detective.
cops — (slang) Plural form of cop; Police officers.
dicks — Plural form of dick.
flatfoots — Plural form of flatfoot.
sneakers — a high or low shoe, usually of fabric such as canvas, with a rubber or synthetic sole.

verb gumshoes

worms — Zoology. any of numerous long, slender, soft-bodied, legless, bilaterally symmetrical invertebrates, including the flatworms, roundworms, acanthocephalans, nemerteans, gordiaceans, and annelids.
creeps — an act or instance of creeping: It seems as if time has slowed to a creep.
snook — any basslike fish of the genus Centropomus, especially C. undecimalis, inhabiting waters off Florida and the West Indies and south to Brazil, valued as food and game.

All 8 Synonyms of gumshoes

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