noun
- a private detective
Usage: slang
Examples
- The wealthy businessman hired a shamus to investigate his missing partner.
- In old detective novels, the shamus always gets his man.
- She worked as a shamus for twenty years before retiring.
- The shamus followed the suspect through the dark alley.
- Every good shamus needs sharp instincts and patience.
- The police couldn’t solve the case, so they called in a shamus.