sherlock

or Sher·lock

[ shur-lok ]

nounInformal.
  1. a private detective.

  2. a person remarkably adept at solving mysteries, especially by using insight and logical deduction: Who's the sherlock who can tell me where my pen is?

Origin of sherlock

1
After Sherlock Holmes, fictitious detective created by Arthur Conan Doyle

Words Nearby sherlock

Other definitions for Sherlock (2 of 2)

Sherlock
[ shur-lok ]

noun
  1. a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “fair-haired.”

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