English words for 'Detective work.'
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noun
noun
- someone who is a detective
- obscene terms for penis
- (countable, vulgar, slang, derogatory, offensive) A contemptible or obnoxious person; a jerk; traditionally, especially, a male jerk.
- (uncountable, vulgar, slang) Sexual intercourse with a man.
- (uncountable, US, Canada, vulgar, slang, uncommon) Absolutely nothing.
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- an undercover police officer who investigates other policemen
- A police officer assigned to keep tabs on other members of the police.
- a child's rocking chair with the seat built between two flat sides that are shaped to resemble an animal (such as a swan or duck)
- (US, railways) A device for throwing the track temporarily to one side for carrying out repairs, etc.
- A child's rocker having a seat supported between two boards cut and painted to resemble animals.
noun
- a police officer who investigates crimes
- (law enforcement) A police officer tasked with collecting evidence and information in order to solve a crime; an investigator.
- an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public
- A person employed to find information not otherwise available to the public.
adj
noun
- someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information and assist in criminal investigations
- the scientist in charge of an experiment or research project
- an antiviral drug used against HIV; interrupts HIV replication by binding and blocking HIV protease; often used in combination with other drugs
- (biochemistry) Abbreviation of phosphatidylinositol, a phospholipid component of eukaryotic cell membranes, also abbreviated in PtdIns.
- (surgery) Initialism of penile inversion.
- (pharmacology) Initialism of protease inhibitor.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of polyimide.
- (electronics) Initialism of power integrity.
- Initialism of personal injury.
- (automotive) Initialism of port injection (“fuel injection”).
- (informatics, SGML, XML) Initialism of processing instruction.
- (psychology) Initialism of paradoxical intention.
- (business) Initialism of pro forma invoice.
- Initialism of principal investigator (“lead researcher on a grant-funded project”).
- Initialism of parallel import.
- (fan fiction category) Initialism of pseudoincest.
- (medicine) Initialism of ponderal index.
- Initialism of private investigator.
- Abbreviation of prohibited immigrant.
- Initialism of politically incorrect (see PC).
- (Philippines, politics) Initialism of People's Initiative.
- Initialism of partial induction (see AI).
name
noun
adj
- (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing
- relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine
- effective; producing a desired effect
- being in force or having or exerting force
- Effectual or important.
- Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects.
- Producing the appropriate or designed effect; efficacious.
- Functional, in working order.
- Based upon, or consisting of, a surgical operation or operations. [from 18th c.]
noun
- A police officer who maintains criminal records and analyzes them for intelligence.
- (computing) A program or algorithm that collates.
- (computing, historical) A machine that selects, merges and matches decks of punch cards.
- A person who collates.
- a machine that selects, merges and matches decks of punch cards.
noun
- An investigator who watches for signs of anything unusual or suspicious.
- (pool) A secret accomplice who surreptitiously watches the competition and interferes by causing a distraction to prevent the opponent from getting a good shot.
- Something eye-catching or worth noticing.
- One who estimates or judges based on visual inspection rather than detailed analysis.
- A voyeur or inquisitive person.
- Someone who stares at another in order to intimidate them.
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verb
noun
name
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- A person working as an informer for the police; a nark
- (uncountable) The reddish-brown colour of copper (etymology 1 sense 1).
- (uncountable, chemistry) A reddish-brown metallic chemical element (symbol Cu) with the atomic number 29; also, the metal made up of this element.
- (spinning) A component of the cop (“conical ball of thread wound on to the spindle”) in a spinning machine.
- (countable, entomology) In full copper butterfly: any of various lycaenid butterflies with copper-coloured upperwings, especially those of the genera Lycaena and Paralucia.
- A prisoner who informs on fellow prisoners.
- (chiefly Australia, UK) A police officer, especially one in uniform.
- a copper penny
- a reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper
- uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
- any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae having coppery wings
- a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor
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- (US, card games) In the game of faro: to place a copper coin, or now usually a small disc or token, on (a playing card) to indicate that a player bets against that card.
- (figurative) To bet against (something).
- To coat or sheathe (something) with copper (etymology 1 sense 1).
- To give (something) a colour by applying a copper salt.
- (chiefly UK) To inform on (someone) to the police; to nark.
- (intransitive, chiefly UK) To inform on someone to the police.
- coat with a layer of copper
noun
- A police patrol car or patrolman (rather than an unmarked police car or a detective)
- Any insect whose larva rolls up leaves, especially those in family Tortricidae.
- One of a set of small cylindrical tubes used to curl hair.
- (slang, music) A type break that consists of drum rolls; a drum and bass track made with such breaks.
- (television, film) A roll of titles or (especially) credits played over film or video; television or film credits.
- A rolling pin
- A dung beetle that rolls dung into balls.
- A cylindrical tool for applying paint or ink.
- A large, wide, curling wave that falls back on itself as it breaks on a coast.
- A person who rolls something, such as cigars or molten metal.
- A padded surcingle that is used on horses for training and vaulting.
- (cycling) One of a set of rolling cylinders allowing a rider to practise balance while training indoors.
- A small wheel, as of a caster, a roller skate, etc.
- A large rolling device used to flatten a grass surface; commonly in relation to a cricket pitch.
- Any rotating cylindrical device that is part of a machine, especially one used to apply or reduce pressure.
- (slang) A wheelchair user.
- Any of various aggressive birds, of the family Coraciidae, having bright blue wings and hooked beaks.
- A rolling element inside a roller bearing: a small cylinder or sphere of metal.
- A long wide bandage used in surgery.
- A breed or variety of roller pigeon that rolls (i.e. tumbles or somersaults) backwards (compare Penson roller, Birmingham roller, tumbler).
- (disc golf) A throw which involves the player throwing the disc in a way that makes it roll, by that being able to travel further than if thrown in the air. Only used on holes with open areas with short or no grass.
- (slang, informal) A Rolls-Royce motorcar.
- A cylinder snakes, small ground snakes of the genus Cylindrophis.
- A roller towel.
- An agricultural machine used for flattening land and breaking up lumps of earth.
- A cylindrical (or approximately cylindrical) item used under a heavy object to facilitate moving it; usually several are needed.
- a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore
- a cylinder that revolves
- a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it
- a small wheel without spokes (as on a roller skate)
- pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground
- a grounder that rolls along the infield
- Old World bird that tumbles or rolls in flight; related to kingfishers
verb
noun
- a police investigation to determine the perpetrator
- the perception that something has occurred or some state exists
- the act of detecting something; catching sight of something
- the detection that a signal is being received
- (electrical engineering) The act or process of finding or detecting an electrical signal in a carrier wave.
- The act or process of detecting, uncovering, or finding out, the discovery of something new, hidden, or disguised.
noun
- a state police officer
- a soldier in a motorized army unit
- a mounted police officer
- a soldier mounted on horseback
- (military) A cavalry horse; a charger.
- (Australia, law enforcement) A mounted policeman.
- (figurative, colloquial) Misspelling of trouper (“one who stoically endures adversity”) .
- (military) A soldier of private rank in cavalry or armor.
- (military) A soldier.
- (British, nautical, military) A troopship.
- (US, law enforcement) Ellipsis of state trooper.
verb
noun
- (law enforcement, Commonwealth) Initialism of detective inspector; a police rank.
- (medicine) Initialism of dens invaginatus.
- (computer graphics) Initialism of diffused illumination.
- Initialism of ductile iron.
- (software architecture) Initialism of dependency injection.
- (music) Initialism of direct input.
- (music) Ellipsis of DI unit.
- (medicine) Initialism of diabetes insipidus.
- (video games) Initialism of directional influence (“the ability to change one's direction of movement while falling”).
- (medicine) Initialism of disposition index.
- (automotive) Initialism of direct injection (“fuel injection”).
noun
adj
noun
- (uncommon, costermongers) A policeman.
- (chiefly in the plural) Inferior, weak drink or semi-liquid food.
- Liquid carelessly spilled upon a surface; a soiled spot.
- (uncountable) Semi-solid-like substance; goo, paste, mud, pulp.
- (figurative, derogatory) Content or entertainment which is worthless, or produced and consumed mindlessly.
- (preceded by definite article) A dance popular in the 1960s.
- (sometimes in the plural) Domestic wastewater.
- (South Africa, chiefly in the plural) A flip-flop.
- (Internet, artificial intelligence, derogatory) Junk output from generative artificial intelligence published in large quantities, posing as human-made content.
- (slang) Fellatio.
- (sometimes in the plural) Scraps used as food for animals, especially pigs or hogs.
- (usually plural) waste water from a kitchen or bathroom or chamber pot that has to be emptied by hand
- (usually plural) weak or watery unappetizing food or drink
- wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk
- deep soft mud in water or slush
- writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental
verb
- (transitive, games) In a game of pool or snooker, to pocket a ball by accident; in billiards, to make an ill-considered shot.
- (intransitive) To make one's way through soggy terrain.
- (transitive) To spill or dump liquid upon; to soil with a spilled liquid.
- (transitive) To feed pigs.
- feed pigs
- ladle clumsily
- cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container
- walk through mud or mire
noun
- a policeman in charge of a precinct
- a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers
- the naval officer in command of a military ship
- the leader of a group of people
- the pilot in charge of an airship
- an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
- an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship
- A maître d', a headwaiter.
- The leader of a group of workers.
- The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel.
- One of the athletes on a sports team who is designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official.
- An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major.
- (aviation) A rank qualifying an airline pilot to act as pilot in command of a two-pilot flight crew.
- A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore.
- The head boy of a school.
- A chief or leader.
- A commissioned officer in the United States Navy, Coast Guard, NOAA Corps, or PHS Corps of a grade superior to a commander and junior to a rear admiral (lower half). A captain is equal in grade or rank to a United States Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force colonel.
- (Southern US) An honorific title given to a prominent person. See colonel.
verb
noun
noun
- someone who is a detective
- obscene terms for penis
- (countable, vulgar, slang, derogatory, offensive) A contemptible or obnoxious person; a jerk; traditionally, especially, a male jerk.
- (uncountable, vulgar, slang) Sexual intercourse with a man.
- (uncountable, US, Canada, vulgar, slang, uncommon) Absolutely nothing.
num
verb
noun
verb
noun
verb
noun
- an undercover police officer who investigates other policemen
- A police officer assigned to keep tabs on other members of the police.
- a child's rocking chair with the seat built between two flat sides that are shaped to resemble an animal (such as a swan or duck)
- (US, railways) A device for throwing the track temporarily to one side for carrying out repairs, etc.
- A child's rocker having a seat supported between two boards cut and painted to resemble animals.
noun
- a police officer who investigates crimes
- (law enforcement) A police officer tasked with collecting evidence and information in order to solve a crime; an investigator.
- an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public
- A person employed to find information not otherwise available to the public.
adj
noun
- someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information and assist in criminal investigations
- the scientist in charge of an experiment or research project
- an antiviral drug used against HIV; interrupts HIV replication by binding and blocking HIV protease; often used in combination with other drugs
- (biochemistry) Abbreviation of phosphatidylinositol, a phospholipid component of eukaryotic cell membranes, also abbreviated in PtdIns.
- (surgery) Initialism of penile inversion.
- (pharmacology) Initialism of protease inhibitor.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of polyimide.
- (electronics) Initialism of power integrity.
- Initialism of personal injury.
- (automotive) Initialism of port injection (“fuel injection”).
- (informatics, SGML, XML) Initialism of processing instruction.
- (psychology) Initialism of paradoxical intention.
- (business) Initialism of pro forma invoice.
- Initialism of principal investigator (“lead researcher on a grant-funded project”).
- Initialism of parallel import.
- (fan fiction category) Initialism of pseudoincest.
- (medicine) Initialism of ponderal index.
- Initialism of private investigator.
- Abbreviation of prohibited immigrant.
- Initialism of politically incorrect (see PC).
- (Philippines, politics) Initialism of People's Initiative.
- Initialism of partial induction (see AI).
name
noun
adj
- (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing
- relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine
- effective; producing a desired effect
- being in force or having or exerting force
- Effectual or important.
- Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects.
- Producing the appropriate or designed effect; efficacious.
- Functional, in working order.
- Based upon, or consisting of, a surgical operation or operations. [from 18th c.]
noun
- A police officer who maintains criminal records and analyzes them for intelligence.
- (computing) A program or algorithm that collates.
- (computing, historical) A machine that selects, merges and matches decks of punch cards.
- A person who collates.
- a machine that selects, merges and matches decks of punch cards.
noun
- An investigator who watches for signs of anything unusual or suspicious.
- (pool) A secret accomplice who surreptitiously watches the competition and interferes by causing a distraction to prevent the opponent from getting a good shot.
- Something eye-catching or worth noticing.
- One who estimates or judges based on visual inspection rather than detailed analysis.
- A voyeur or inquisitive person.
- Someone who stares at another in order to intimidate them.
noun
verb
noun
name
noun
- A person working as an informer for the police; a nark
- (uncountable) The reddish-brown colour of copper (etymology 1 sense 1).
- (uncountable, chemistry) A reddish-brown metallic chemical element (symbol Cu) with the atomic number 29; also, the metal made up of this element.
- (spinning) A component of the cop (“conical ball of thread wound on to the spindle”) in a spinning machine.
- (countable, entomology) In full copper butterfly: any of various lycaenid butterflies with copper-coloured upperwings, especially those of the genera Lycaena and Paralucia.
- A prisoner who informs on fellow prisoners.
- (chiefly Australia, UK) A police officer, especially one in uniform.
- a copper penny
- a reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper
- uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
- any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae having coppery wings
- a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor
adj
verb
- (US, card games) In the game of faro: to place a copper coin, or now usually a small disc or token, on (a playing card) to indicate that a player bets against that card.
- (figurative) To bet against (something).
- To coat or sheathe (something) with copper (etymology 1 sense 1).
- To give (something) a colour by applying a copper salt.
- (chiefly UK) To inform on (someone) to the police; to nark.
- (intransitive, chiefly UK) To inform on someone to the police.
- coat with a layer of copper
noun
- A police patrol car or patrolman (rather than an unmarked police car or a detective)
- Any insect whose larva rolls up leaves, especially those in family Tortricidae.
- One of a set of small cylindrical tubes used to curl hair.
- (slang, music) A type break that consists of drum rolls; a drum and bass track made with such breaks.
- (television, film) A roll of titles or (especially) credits played over film or video; television or film credits.
- A rolling pin
- A dung beetle that rolls dung into balls.
- A cylindrical tool for applying paint or ink.
- A large, wide, curling wave that falls back on itself as it breaks on a coast.
- A person who rolls something, such as cigars or molten metal.
- A padded surcingle that is used on horses for training and vaulting.
- (cycling) One of a set of rolling cylinders allowing a rider to practise balance while training indoors.
- A small wheel, as of a caster, a roller skate, etc.
- A large rolling device used to flatten a grass surface; commonly in relation to a cricket pitch.
- Any rotating cylindrical device that is part of a machine, especially one used to apply or reduce pressure.
- (slang) A wheelchair user.
- Any of various aggressive birds, of the family Coraciidae, having bright blue wings and hooked beaks.
- A rolling element inside a roller bearing: a small cylinder or sphere of metal.
- A long wide bandage used in surgery.
- A breed or variety of roller pigeon that rolls (i.e. tumbles or somersaults) backwards (compare Penson roller, Birmingham roller, tumbler).
- (disc golf) A throw which involves the player throwing the disc in a way that makes it roll, by that being able to travel further than if thrown in the air. Only used on holes with open areas with short or no grass.
- (slang, informal) A Rolls-Royce motorcar.
- A cylinder snakes, small ground snakes of the genus Cylindrophis.
- A roller towel.
- An agricultural machine used for flattening land and breaking up lumps of earth.
- A cylindrical (or approximately cylindrical) item used under a heavy object to facilitate moving it; usually several are needed.
- a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore
- a cylinder that revolves
- a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it
- a small wheel without spokes (as on a roller skate)
- pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground
- a grounder that rolls along the infield
- Old World bird that tumbles or rolls in flight; related to kingfishers
verb
noun
- a police investigation to determine the perpetrator
- the perception that something has occurred or some state exists
- the act of detecting something; catching sight of something
- the detection that a signal is being received
- (electrical engineering) The act or process of finding or detecting an electrical signal in a carrier wave.
- The act or process of detecting, uncovering, or finding out, the discovery of something new, hidden, or disguised.
noun
- a state police officer
- a soldier in a motorized army unit
- a mounted police officer
- a soldier mounted on horseback
- (military) A cavalry horse; a charger.
- (Australia, law enforcement) A mounted policeman.
- (figurative, colloquial) Misspelling of trouper (“one who stoically endures adversity”) .
- (military) A soldier of private rank in cavalry or armor.
- (military) A soldier.
- (British, nautical, military) A troopship.
- (US, law enforcement) Ellipsis of state trooper.
verb
noun
- (law enforcement, Commonwealth) Initialism of detective inspector; a police rank.
- (medicine) Initialism of dens invaginatus.
- (computer graphics) Initialism of diffused illumination.
- Initialism of ductile iron.
- (software architecture) Initialism of dependency injection.
- (music) Initialism of direct input.
- (music) Ellipsis of DI unit.
- (medicine) Initialism of diabetes insipidus.
- (video games) Initialism of directional influence (“the ability to change one's direction of movement while falling”).
- (medicine) Initialism of disposition index.
- (automotive) Initialism of direct injection (“fuel injection”).
noun
adj
noun
- (uncommon, costermongers) A policeman.
- (chiefly in the plural) Inferior, weak drink or semi-liquid food.
- Liquid carelessly spilled upon a surface; a soiled spot.
- (uncountable) Semi-solid-like substance; goo, paste, mud, pulp.
- (figurative, derogatory) Content or entertainment which is worthless, or produced and consumed mindlessly.
- (preceded by definite article) A dance popular in the 1960s.
- (sometimes in the plural) Domestic wastewater.
- (South Africa, chiefly in the plural) A flip-flop.
- (Internet, artificial intelligence, derogatory) Junk output from generative artificial intelligence published in large quantities, posing as human-made content.
- (slang) Fellatio.
- (sometimes in the plural) Scraps used as food for animals, especially pigs or hogs.
- (usually plural) waste water from a kitchen or bathroom or chamber pot that has to be emptied by hand
- (usually plural) weak or watery unappetizing food or drink
- wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk
- deep soft mud in water or slush
- writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental
verb
- (transitive, games) In a game of pool or snooker, to pocket a ball by accident; in billiards, to make an ill-considered shot.
- (intransitive) To make one's way through soggy terrain.
- (transitive) To spill or dump liquid upon; to soil with a spilled liquid.
- (transitive) To feed pigs.
- feed pigs
- ladle clumsily
- cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container
- walk through mud or mire
noun
- a policeman in charge of a precinct
- a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers
- the naval officer in command of a military ship
- the leader of a group of people
- the pilot in charge of an airship
- an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
- an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship
- A maître d', a headwaiter.
- The leader of a group of workers.
- The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel.
- One of the athletes on a sports team who is designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official.
- An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major.
- (aviation) A rank qualifying an airline pilot to act as pilot in command of a two-pilot flight crew.
- A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore.
- The head boy of a school.
- A chief or leader.
- A commissioned officer in the United States Navy, Coast Guard, NOAA Corps, or PHS Corps of a grade superior to a commander and junior to a rear admiral (lower half). A captain is equal in grade or rank to a United States Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force colonel.
- (Southern US) An honorific title given to a prominent person. See colonel.