GUMSHOE
- detective
- shoe made of gum elastic or India rubber; rubber overshoe
- high or low shoe, usually of fabric such as canvas, with a rubber or synthetic sole
- a. to work as a detective b. to go softly, as if wearing rubber shoes; move or act snoopily or stealthily
- to investigate stealthily [v GUMSHOED, GUMSHOEING, GUMSHOES]