arctic, galosh, golosh, rubber, gumshoe
(noun) a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow
dick, gumshoe, hawkshaw
(noun) someone who is a detective
Source: WordNet® 3.1
gumshoe (plural gumshoes)
A sneaker or rubber overshoe. [from mid 19th c.]
(slang, North America) A detective. [from early 20th c.]
Synonyms: detective, dick, private eye, sleuth
gumshoe (third-person singular simple present gumshoes, present participle gumshoeing, simple past and past participle gumshoed)
(slang) To act as a detective.
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Source: Wiktionary
21 June 2025
(noun) the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); “asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
