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spoor

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7
Words With Friends
8
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/spʊə/
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/spʊə/ · /spɔː/ · /spʊɹ/ · /spɔɹ/ · /spʉːɹ/ · /spuːɹ/

Definition of spoor

3 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)The track, trail, droppings, or scent of an animal.
    “We all stopped to examine that monstrous spoor. If it were indeed a bird - and what animal could leave such a mark? - its foot was so much larger than an ostrich's that its height upon the same scale must be enormous.”
    “Even poor Nobs appeared dejected as we quit the compound and set out upon the well-marked spoor of the abductor.”
    “Now he has picked up the spoor of drunken vomit and there is the doll sprawled against a wall, his pants streaked with urine.”
    “From the spoor, skilled trackers can deduce an individual's age, sex, physical condition, speed, and fatigue level, as well as the time of day it passed by.”
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noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)The track, trail, droppings, or scent of an animal.
    “We all stopped to examine that monstrous spoor. If it were indeed a bird - and what animal could leave such a mark? - its foot was so much larger than an ostrich's that its height upon the same scale must be enormous.”
    “Even poor Nobs appeared dejected as we quit the compound and set out upon the well-marked spoor of the abductor.”
    “Now he has picked up the spoor of drunken vomit and there is the doll sprawled against a wall, his pants streaked with urine.”
    “From the spoor, skilled trackers can deduce an individual's age, sex, physical condition, speed, and fatigue level, as well as the time of day it passed by.”

verb

  1. (transitive)To track (an animal) by following its spoor.

name

  1. An occupational surname from Middle English

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Etymology

Early 19th century, from Afrikaans spoor, from Dutch spoor (“track”). Akin to Old English and Old Norse spor (whence Danish spor), and German Spur, all from Proto-Germanic *spurą. Compare spurn.

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