Spoor

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /spÊŠÉ™/
• GenAm IPA: /spʊɹ/, /spɔɹ/
• Homophones: spore (in some accents)

Origin

From Afrikaans, from Dutch spoor, akin to Old English and Old Norse spor (whence Danish spor), and German Spur.

Full definition of spoor

Noun

1. The track, trail, droppings or scent of an animal
• 1971, William S. Burroughs, The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead, page 10Now 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 (novel) Chapter VIIIEven poor Nobs appeared dejected as we quit the compound and set out upon the well-marked spoor of the abductor.

Verb

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

Anagrams

• roops
• sopor