eavesdrop (verb)

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• eavesdrop — ► VERB (eavesdropped, eavesdropping) ▪ secretly listen to a conversation. DERIVATIVES eavesdropper noun. ORIGIN from obsolete eavesdrop «the ground on to which water drips from the eaves» …   English terms dictionary

• eavesdrop — eaves·drop vi eaves·dropped, eaves·drop·ping: to listen secretly to what is being said in private without the consent of the speaker compare bug, wiretap eaves·drop·per n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster …   Law dictionary

• eavesdrop — verb (eavesdrops, eavesdropping, eavesdropped) secretly listen to a conversation. Derivatives eavesdropper noun Origin C17: back form. from eavesdropper (ME), from the obs. noun eavesdrop the ground on to which water drips from the eaves , prob.… …   English new terms dictionary

• eavesdrop — verb sorry, I refuse to eavesdrop on Kenny for you Syn: listen in on, spy on; monitor, tap, wiretap, record, overhear; informal snoop on, bug …   Thesaurus of popular words

• eavesdrop — verb eavesdropped, eavesdropping (I) to listen secretly to other people s conversations: There was Helena eavesdropping outside the door. compare overhear eavesdropper noun (C) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Eavesdrop — To eavesdrop, used as a verb, refers to eavesdropping, the act of surreptitiously listening to a private conversation.As a noun, in Architecture, it can refer to: * Eavesdrop or eavesdrip, the width of ground around a house or building which… …   Wikipedia

• eavesdrop — UK [ˈiːvzˌdrɒp] / US [ˈɪvzˌdrɑp] verb [intransitive] Word forms eavesdrop : present tense I/you/we/they eavesdrop he/she/it eavesdrops present participle eavesdropping past tense eavesdropped past participle eavesdropped to listen to other people …   English dictionary

• eavesdrop — [[t]i͟ːvzdrɒp[/t]] eavesdrops, eavesdropping, eavesdropped VERB If you eavesdrop on someone, you listen secretly to what they are saying. [V on n] The government illegally eavesdropped on his telephone conversations... The housemaid eavesdropped… …   English dictionary

• eavesdrop — /ˈivzdrɒp / (say eevzdrop) verb (i) (eavesdropped, eavesdropping) to listen clandestinely. {literally, be on the eavesdrop (of a house), earlier eavesdrip ground on which falls the drip from the eaves, Old English yfesdrype} –eavesdropper, noun …  

• eavesdrop — intransitive verb Etymology: probably back formation from eavesdropper, literally, one standing under the drip from the eaves Date: 1606 to listen secretly to what is said in private • eavesdropper noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• eavesdrop — 1. verb /ˈiːvzˌdɹɒp,ˈivzˌdɹɑp/ To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in. I hope nobody was eavesdropping on our conversation last night, since it got so personal. Syn: overhear 2. noun /ˈiːvzˌdɹ …   Wiktionary