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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024eaves•drop /ˈivzˌdrɑp/USA pronunciation v. [no object], -dropped, -drop•ping. - to listen secretly:I didn't intend to eavesdrop, but I could hear them arguing.
eaves•drop•per, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024eaves•drop (ēvz′drop′),USA pronunciation v., -dropped, -drop•ping, n. v.i. - to listen secretly to a private conversation.
v.t. - [Archaic.]to eavesdrop on.
n. Also, eaves•drip (ēvz′drip′).USA pronunciation - water that drips from the eaves.
- the ground on which such water falls.
- bef. 900; (noun, nominal) Middle English evesdrope, evesdripe, Old English yfesdrype; as verb, verbal, probably back formation from eavesdropper, late Middle English evisdroppyr, apparently literally, one who stands on the eavesdrop in order to listen to conversations inside the house; see eave, drop, drip
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