eavesdrop

Definition of eavesdrop in English English dictionary: The dripping of rain from the eaves of a house; A concealed aperture through which an occupant of a building can surreptitiously listen to people talking at an entrance to the building; The space around a house on which such water drips; 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.; {v} to listen, hearken, lurk, catch; To stand under the eaves, near a window or at the door, of a house, to listen and learn what is said within doors; hence, to listen secretly to what is said in private; listen without the speaker's knowledge; "the jealous man was eavesdropping on his wife's conversations"; The water which falls in drops from the eaves of a house; {f} listen in on another person's private conversation, snoop, spy; If you eavesdrop on someone, you listen secretly to what they are saying. The government illegally eavesdropped on his telephone conversations The housemaid eavesdropped from behind the kitchen door. = listen in + eavesdropping eaves·drop·ping foreign electronic eavesdropping on army communications. + eavesdropper eavesdroppers eaves·drop·per Modern technology enables eavesdroppers to pick up conversations through windows or walls. to deliberately listen secretly to other people's conversations overhear (eavesdropper ); eavesdrip
eavesdropping: The interception of electronic communication
eavesdropping: Listening secretly to private conversation of others
eavesdropping: Present participle of eavesdrop
eavesdropper: {n} one who listens under windows
eavesdropped: past of eavesdrop
eavesdropper: {i} one who listens in on another person's private conversation
eavesdropper: a secret listener to private conversations
eavesdropper: one who eavesdrops
eavesdropper: One who stands under the eaves, or near the window or door of a house, to listen; hence, a secret listener
eavesdroppers: plural of eavesdropper
eavesdropping: Observing information that was intended to be confidential The threat to the property of privacy
eavesdropping: listening secretly to the private conversations of others
eavesdropping: Surreptitious interception of information sent over a network by an entity for which the information is not intended
eavesdropping: Lynn
eavesdropping: Listening secretly to others' communications (either voice or digital)
eavesdropping: The offense is indictable at common law
eavesdropping: the action of the verb to eavesdrop
eavesdropping: The habit of lurking about dwelling houses, and other places where persons meet for private intercourse, secretly listening to what is said, and then tattling it abroad
eavesdropping: Information remains intact, but its privacy is compromised For example, intercepting credit card numbers or classified information Top
eavesdropping: The unauthorised interception of information-bearing emanations through the use of methods other than wiretapping
eavesdropping: the interception of electronic communications
eavesdrops: plural of eavesdrop
eavesdrops: third-person singular of eavesdrop

eavesdrop

Hyphenation

eaves·drop

Turkish pronunciation

ivzdräp

Synonyms

overhear, eavesdrip, be all ears, bend an ear, bug, ears into, listen in, monitor, pry, snoop, spy, tap, tune in on, wire, wiretap

Antonyms

ignore

Pronunciation

/ˈēvzˌdräp/ /ˈiːvzˌdrɑːp/

Etymology

[ 'Evz-"dräp ] (intransitive verb.) 1606. probably back-formation from eavesdropper, literally, one standing under the drip from the eaves.

Tenses

eavesdrops, eavesdropping, eavesdropped

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