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1spoor

noun \ˈspu̇r, ˈspȯr\
plural spoor or spoors

Definition of SPOOR

1
:  a track, a trail, a scent, or droppings especially of a wild animal
2
:  a trace by which the progress of someone or something may be followed
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Origin of SPOOR

Afrikaans, from Dutch; akin to Old English spor footprint, spoor, spurnan to kick — more at spurn
First Known Use: 1823

Other Hunting and Fishing Terms

chum, covert, creel, flense, pitfall, seine, skulk, trawl

Rhymes with SPOOR

boar, Boer, bore, chore, cor, core, corps, crore, door, floor, for, fore, four, frore, gore, Gore, hoar, lore, mor, more, nor, o'er, oar, or, ore, poor, pore, pour, roar, score, shore, snore, soar, sore, splore, spore, store, Thor, tor, torr, war, whore, yore, your

2spoor

verb

Definition of SPOOR

transitive verb
:  to track by a spoor
intransitive verb
:  to track something by its spoor

First Known Use of SPOOR

1850

Other Hunting and Fishing Terms

chum, covert, creel, flense, pitfall, seine, skulk, spoor, trawl

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