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What does the word eavesdrop mean?

Part of speech: verb transitive, verb intransitive

To overhear; listen clandestinely.

Part of speech: present participle

Eavesdropping.

Part of speech: noun

Eaves dropper.

Usage examples for eavesdrop

Presently the image of Mr. Eavesdrop, with a printed sketch of the Reverend Doctor F., presented itself before him, and he began mechanically to flourish his bamboo. – Crotchet-Castle by Peacock, Thomas Love
Why didst thou not tarry to eavesdrop? – The Bronze Bell by Louis Joseph Vance

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