Shoofly (Noun)
Meaning 1
An undercover police officer who investigates other policemen.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The shoofly had been gathering evidence against the corrupt officers for months before making the bust.
- Detective James was assigned to be the shoofly in the precinct's internal affairs unit.
- As a shoofly, it was his job to identify and prosecute any police officers who were engaging in misconduct.
- The shoofly's investigation led to the suspension of several high-ranking officers and a complete overhaul of the department's policies.
- Going undercover as a shoofly was the most challenging assignment of Officer Thompson's career.
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
A child's rocking chair with the seat built between two flat sides that are shaped to resemble an animal (such as a swan or duck).
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The little girl sat in her favorite shoofly, gently rocking back and forth as she read a book.
- Her grandmother had made the shoofly, carefully crafting the wooden swan shape that cradled her as she sat.
- The shoofly had been passed down through generations of children in the family, each one adding their own scratches and scuffs to its surface.
- As she rocked in her shoofly, the little boy watched with envy, wishing he had one just like it.
- The shoofly was a beloved fixture in the nursery, its soft cushions and gentle motion soothing even the most fussy of babies.