eavesdrop
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Synonyms: eavedrop, evesdrop, eavesdrip, eavesdrops
Antonyms: eavedrop, evesdrop, eavesdrip, eavesdrops
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Verb
- {{senseid|en|to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear}} {{lb|en|ambitransitive}} To [[hear]] ([[intentionally]]) a [[conversation]] one is not intended to hear; to [[listen in]].
- {{lb|en|zoology}} To listen for another [[organism]]'s [[call]]s, so as to [[exploit]] them.
Noun
- The [[dripping]] of [[rain]] from the [[eaves]] of a house.
- The space around a house on which such water drips.
- {{lb|en|countable}} A [[concealed]] [[aperture]] through which an occupant of a building can [[surreptitiously]] listen to people talking at an entrance to the building.
- {{lb|en|countable}} The act of intentionally hearing a conversation not intended to be heard.
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