spoor
pronunciation
How to pronounce spoor in British English:
UK [spʊə(r)]
How to pronounce spoor in American English:
US [spʊr]
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- Noun:
- the trail left by a person or an animal; what the hunter follows in pursuing game
Word Origin
- spoor
- spoor: see spur
- spoor (n.)
- "track, trace," 1823, used originally by travelers in South Africa, from Afrikaans spoor, from Dutch spoor, from Middle Dutch spor, cognate with Old English spor "footprint, track, trace," from Proto-Germanic *spur-am, from PIE *spere- "ankle" (see spurn).
Example
- 1. Living is to find my spoor of existence .
- 2. The industrial societies of the world 's developed countries are the most wasteful ever , their spoor turning up in every corner of the earth .
- 3. Know the signs : a lion spoor ( footprint ) has one pointed and three oval parts .