eavesdropverb [ I ]
uk/ˈiːvz.drɒp/us/ˈiːvz.drɑːp/-pp-to listen to someone's private conversation without them knowing:
He was eavesdropping on our conversation.
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Using the ears
- audio
- auditory
- be all ears idiom
- ear
- earshot
- hark at sb! idiom
- hear
- hearer
- hearken
- lend
- lend an ear idiom
- listen
- listen in on sth/sb
- mishear
- overhear
- pin
- pin back your ears idiom
- prick
- prick (sth) up
- read my lips idiom
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eavesdropper
noun [ C ] uk/ˈiːvz.drɒp.ər/us/ˈiːvz.drɑː.pɚ/