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sherlock holmes

A fictional character created by author Sir Aurthur Conan Doyle. Set in the late 1800s, this British detective uses deductive reasoning to solve the cases given to him. He has a sidekick named Dr. Johnathan Watson.
Sherlock Holmes is one of the greatest literary characters known to man.
by Ted Mozby January 14, 2008
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no shit sherlock

A very sarcastic way of saying: obviosly.
(Sherlock Holmes was a detective in a classic series of books.)
Holy crap! You have a trampoline?

No shit sherlock!
by colonel klink May 13, 2005
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BBC Sherlock

One of the best shows on British Television at this very moment. A wonderful, fresh take on the classic stories originally told by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

It stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock and Martin Freeman as Dr. John Watson.

Sherlock is set in the 21st century and features new, innovative ways of telling Sherlock's story.
"Have you seen BBC Sherlock? It's the best show I have seen in a long time."
by Dante Radek January 1, 2012
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No shit Sherlock

The witty response to a statement of sorts
Sam: Ugh I wear too much makeup!
Drew: Yeah, no shit Sherlock!
by Drew Diamond February 18, 2017
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no shit sherlock

No shit sherlock is used to insult someone who is stating to blatant obvious. similar to "you don't say" or "thanks captain obvious!"

if someone is saying something obvious instead of saying "no fucking shit" you would add "sherlock" to it just to insult them further.
dude1: hey there is a hole in the boat i think we may sink
dude2: no shit sherlock
by soodinym June 8, 2016
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sherlocked

to have developed a product and just started shipping it, only to have Apple come along and provide exactly the same functionality in a system update. It happened to Karelia Software twice. Once with Sherlock and again with iWeb.
I'll bet the Pro HDR folks groaned and got drunk after the Apple event yesterday where they showed the HDR functionality built in to the OS. They got Sherlocked!
by franketh September 2, 2010
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Sherlocking

Searching for clues pertaining to events which occur to oneself during a blackout from alcohol, drugs, etc., especially those which occer the previous night.
John was so wasted last night, he went Sherlocking this morning to figure out what happened.
by skeet40 August 26, 2009
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