shoofly
[ shoo-flahy ]
Synonyms for shoofly
- agent
- informer
- police officer
- private eye
- private investigator
- prosecutor
- reporter
- sleuth
- spy
- analyst
- bloodhound
- bull
- constable
- cop
- dick
- eavesdropper
- eye
- fed
- fink
- flatfoot
- gumshoe
- nark
- peeper
- roper
- scout
- sergeant
- shadow
- shamus
- snoop
- tail
- P. I.
- Sherlock Holmes
- bird dog
- plainclothes officer
- slewfoot
MOST RELEVANT
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR SHOOFLY
Shoofly is a girl, but Mis' Poteet didn't fool us this time.
Then Mis' Poteet she cried the top of Shoofly's head so soaking wet it give her a sneeze, and we all had to laugh.
"I want you to perform a wedding ceremony at the Shoofly Church to-night at seven o'clock," the sheriff announced.
At seven o'clock that evening the Flournoy automobile conveyed the happy pair to the Shoofly Church.
RELATED WORDS AND SYNONYMS FOR SHOOFLY
detective
nouninvestigator of crimedetectives
nouninvestigator of crimeRoget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.