EAVESDROP
\ˈiːvzdɹɒp], \ˈiːvzdɹɒp], \ˈiː_v_z_d_ɹ_ɒ_p]\
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listen without the speaker's knowledge; "the jealous man was eavesdropping on his wife's conversations"
By Princeton University
By Oddity Software
By Noah Webster.
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The water which falls in drops from the eaves of a house.
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To stand under the eaves or near the windows of a house to listen.
By Daniel Lyons
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Eavesdropped.
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Eavesdropping.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Procollagen Proline Dioxygenase
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