Usually means: Fictional detective known for deduction.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word sherlock:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. sherlock: Merriam-Webster
  2. Sherlock: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. sherlock: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. sherlock: Collins English Dictionary
  5. sherlock: Vocabulary.com
  6. Sherlock, sherlock: Wordnik
  7. Sherlock, sherlock: Wiktionary
  8. sherlock: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. sherlock: Dictionary.com
  10. Sherlock: Online Etymology Dictionary
  11. Sherlock (BBC tv programme), Sherlock (EP), Sherlock (TV Series), Sherlock (TV series), Sherlock (software), Sherlock (video game), Sherlock: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Sherlock: Rhymezone
  13. sherlock: FreeDictionary.org
  14. sherlock: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. sherlock: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sherlock: CCI Computer
  2. Sherlock: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)
  2. sherlock: A Word A Day

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. sherlock, sherlock, sherlock: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Sherlock: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Sherlock)

noun:  An English surname transferred from the nickname.
noun:  A male given name transferred from the surname, of rare usage.
noun:  (humorous) A detective (from Sherlock Holmes), especially used sarcastically to address somebody who has stated the obvious.
verb:  (informal) To deduce.
verb:  (informal) To search.
verb:  (computing slang) To obsolete a unique feature in third-party software by introducing a similar or identical feature to the OS or a first-party program/app.
verb:  Alternative letter-case form of Sherlock [(informal) To deduce.]

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