sherlock
IPA: ʃˈɝɫɑk
Root Word: Sherlock
noun
- An English surname transferred from the nickname.
- A male given name transferred from the surname, of rare usage.
- (humorous) A detective (from Sherlock Holmes), especially used sarcastically to address somebody who has stated the obvious.
verb
- (informal) To deduce.
- (informal) To search.
- (computing slang) To obsolete a unique feature in third-party software by introducing a similar or identical feature to the OS or a first-party program/app.
- Alternative letter-case form of Sherlock [(informal) To deduce.]
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Examples of "sherlock" in Sentences
- Sherlock Holmes had a deerstalker cap.
- But I see many still with Sherlock format.
- Sherlock is good at rationcinating the case.
- Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking.
- You get the Sherlock Merodach award for sleuthing.
- Sherlock was let go by the station in the Fall of 2007.
- Maybe it would be better in the Sherlock Holmes article.
- It appears the author is playing an amateur detective or a Sherlock Holmes.
- The uproar created can be compared to that of the death of Sherlock Holmes.
- The stories are pastiches of the Sherlock Holmes tales of Arthur Conan Doyle.