spoor

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see also: Spoor

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /spʊə/
• (America) IPA: /spʊɹ/, /spɔɹ/

Noun

spoor (uncountable)

1. The track, trail, droppings or scent of an animal
   • 1971, William S. Burroughs, The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead, page 10

     Now he has picked up the spoor of drunken vomit and there is the doll sprawled against a wall, his pants streaked with urine.

   • 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter VIII

     Even poor Nobs appeared dejected as we quit the compound and set out upon the well-marked spoor of the abductor.

Translations

• German: Fußspur
• Spanish: rastro

Verb

spoor (spoors, present participle spooring; past and past participle spoored)

1. (transitive) To track an animal by following its spoor

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Spoor

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Proper noun

1. Surname

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