Definitions of eavesdrop [ˈivzˌdrɒp]

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Definition of 'eavesdrop'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) eavesdrop
to listen secretly to a private conversation.

Etymology: (bef. 900; prob. back formation from eavesdropper, late ME evisdroppyr, appar. lit., one who stands on the evesdrope (the ground on which water from the eaves drips; cf. OE yfesdrype) to listen secretly; see eave , drop , drip)

Definition of 'eavesdrop'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) listen in, eavesdrop
listen without the speaker's knowledge
"the jealous man was eavesdropping on his wife's conversations"

Definition of 'eavesdrop'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) eavesdrop
to secretly listen to sb else's conversation
She was caught eavesdropping.

Definition of 'eavesdrop'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) eavesdrop
the water which falls in drops from the eaves of a house

2. (verb) 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

Translation of 'eavesdrop'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (with on ) to listen in order to overhear a private conversation The child eavesdropped on her parents' discussion.
Afrikaans: afluister	Arabic: يَتَنَصَّت، يَسْتَرِقُ ال	Bulgarian: подслушвам
Brazilian: pôr-se à escuta	Czech: poslouchat (tajně)	German: lauschen
Danish: aflytte; lytte	Greek: κρυφακούω	Spanish: escuchar a escondidas, fi
Estonian: (salaja) pealt kuulama	Farsi: گوش ایستادن؛ استراق سمع ک	Finnish: salakuunnella
French: écouter (indiscrètement)	Hebrew: לְהַאֲזִין בְּסֶתֶר	Hindi: गुप्त वार्ता को सुनना
Croatian: prisluškivati	Hungarian: hallgató(d)zik	Indonesian: mencuri dengar
Icelandic: liggjaá hleri	Italian: origliare	Japanese: 盗み聞きする
Korean: 도청하다	Lithuanian: slapta klausyti(s)	Latvian: slepus noklausīties
Malay: pasang telinga	Dutch: afluisteren	Norwegian: tyvlytte
Polish: podsłuchiwać	Persian: گوش ایستادن؛ استراق سمع ک	Pashto: غوږ نيول (دپټوخبرو داورېد
Portuguese: pôr-se à escuta	Romanian: a trage cu urechea	Russian: подслушивать
Slovak: tajne počúvať	Slovenian: prisluškovati	Serbian: prisluškivati
Swedish: tjuvlyssna	Thai: แอบฟัง	Turkish: kulak kabartmak, gizlice
Taiwanese: 偷聽	Ukrainian: підслуховувати	Urdu: چھپ کر خفیہ باتیں سننا
Vietnamese: nghe trộm	Chinese: 偷听
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