sherlock

IPA: ʃˈɝɫɑk

Root Word: Sherlock

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.

(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.]

Examples of "sherlock" in Sentences

April 23, 2009 6: 48 AM emily jane sherlock said ...
And the URL is www. johnjosephadams.com/sherlock-holmes
April 9th, 2010 at 1: 25 pm muzz (brought to you by Screaming Yellow Zonkers) says: noshit sherlock
They used his dead body to be the one at “Reiha Pass” … sounds like rechienbach falls to me (where sherlock faked his death).
Some of my targets have unicorn or rocketship or sherlock-with-magnifying-glass stickers on the spines, depending on when it was accessioned, which helps.
Mainland Affairs Council Chairman Lai warns of the perils of massive Chinese imports -- no shit, sherlock, that is why every country around China restricts Chinese exports to itself.
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- Comments Feed tiki god (UID#1) on September 3rd, 2009 at 4: 58 pm you know, anonymous is everyone, so you get all sorts of weird combination of people on there at any given time. apparently this was the pedo/moralf*g combination. maybe a bit sherlock thrown in too, lol