Definition, Betydelse, Synonymer & Anagram | Engelska ordet GUMSHOE

Definition av GUMSHOE

1. gummisko
2. (slang, ålderdomligt) civilklädd snut, deckare
3. (slang, ålderdomligt) smyga

Exempel på hur man kan använda GUMSHOE i en mening

• about the relationship between a semiretired gumshoe (Paul Newman) and two veteran movie stars (Gene Hackman and Susan Sarandon).
• In this regard Whitton came to epitomise "old school" gumshoe reporting and eye-witness observation; "he worked the cafes, pubs, clubs, watch-houses and courthouses chatting, listening and taking notes".
• At round's end, the winning gumshoe pulled a ring on a chain rope, activating a foghorn and incarcerating the crook.
• Spaxter is a cyberpunk comedy that stars Green as the title character, a sci-fi Raymond Chandler gumshoe fitted with a hi-tech head implant (“the meld”) conveying telepathic capabilities, who goes up against a super-villain who has styled himself as an Egyptian god, has purchased and refitted the Great Pyramid at Giza, and is using adapted meld technology to steal the creative essence from the world's great minds in order to fuel his ascendance to true deity status.
• The Guardian review praised Swann for "gnawing" and "wriggling" her way into a gap in the anthropomorphized animal detective novel, thereby succeeding to avoid hackneyed "gumshoe" tropes.
• But Dearden adeptly judges the slapstick content of this amiable caper, in which Hill's hapless gumshoe bungles along in pursuit of eastern bloc spies David Kossoff and George Margo.
• Narrated in metaphors, many of which he created, such as "gunslinging sheriff" for antibody and "gumshoe detective" to T cell, he tells the development of cell biology and how it became vital to modern medicine, from genetic engineering to immunotherapies.
• Hell's Feast (1994) by Greg Farshtey - gumshoe Jack Deacon gets in over his head in a case that involves a vampire client, a spellcaster hitman out to get him, and a frame-up for a crime he didn't commit.
• James Thurber recalled, "His (Ross's) favorite reporter for such work was Eugene Kinkead, whom he admiringly called 'the best gumshoe in the business'".

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