eavesdropper

Определение eavesdropper в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь: {n} one who listens under windows; {i} one who listens in on another person's private conversation; a secret listener to private conversations; one who eavesdrops; One who stands under the eaves, or near the window or door of a house, to listen; hence, a secret listener
eavesdrop: The dripping of rain from the eaves of a house
eavesdrop: A concealed aperture through which an occupant of a building can surreptitiously listen to people talking at an entrance to the building
eavesdrop: {v} to listen, hearken, lurk, catch
eavesdrop: To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in
eavesdrop: 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
eavesdrop: listen without the speaker's knowledge; "the jealous man was eavesdropping on his wife's conversations"
eavesdrop: The water which falls in drops from the eaves of a house
eavesdrop: The space around a house on which such water drips
eavesdrop: {f} listen in on another person's private conversation, snoop, spy
eavesdrop: 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 )
eavesdrop: eavesdrip
eavesdroppers: plural of eavesdropper