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spoor

[ spoor, spawr, spohr ]

noun

  1. a track or trail, especially that of a wild animal pursued as game.


verb (used with or without object)

  1. to track by or follow a spoor.

spoor

/ spʊə; spɔː /

noun

  1. the trail of an animal or person, esp as discernible to the human eye
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. to track (an animal) by following its trail
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈspoorer, noun
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Other Words From

  • spoorer noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of spoor1

1815–25; < Afrikaans spoor < Dutch; cognate with Old English, Old Norse spor, German Spur; speer
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Word History and Origins

Origin of spoor1

C19: from Afrikaans, from Middle Dutch spor; related to Old English spor track, Old High German spor; see spur
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Example Sentences

We followed this spoor down the rocky slope where ferns and little shrubs divided the stones.

They came at last to a low crater wall, where the spoor disappeared.

Ya, baas—a mighty big one too; das da spoor of dem antelope—See!

So I took up the parable, telling how I had found spoor leading to the waterhole and that here it had stopped.

Quickly, eagerly, I cast around for spoor, beyond the radius of the disturbed part of the ground.

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