eavesdropping

Speech parts

1. eavesdropping - Noun

2. eavesdropping - Verb

Derived from eavesdrop

Meaning

The habit of lurking about dwelling houses, and other places where persons meet fro private intercourse, secretly listening to what is said, and then tattling it abroad. The offense is indictable at common law.

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It's difficult to talk to people who whisper even at home, afraid of Americans eavesdropping on them. It's not a figure of speech, not a joke, I'm serious. Vladimir Putin

It's lonely to listen to the pleasure of others, not that I've made a habit of that kind of eavesdropping. There's joy and passion in the next room, in the next bed, but it's not yours. Ben Marcus

The English press, are so nosy, and the English seem to love that eavesdropping. Michael Hutchence

There's nothing like eavesdropping to show you that the world outside your head is different from the world inside your head. Thornton Wilder

I got to eavesdrop at a window. As Clay said, I did have another option. I could wait in the car and let them fill me in later. So, eavesdropping it was. Kelley Armstrong

At times, the call almost feels like eavesdropping on a mentoring session, as Essiedu enthusiastically absorbs James’s wisdom. Source: Internet

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