'Eavesdrop' definitions:
Definition of 'eavesdrop'
From: WordNet
verb
Listen without the speaker's knowledge; "the jealous man was eavesdropping on his wife's conversations" [syn: listen in, eavesdrop]
Definition of 'Eavesdrop'
From: GCIDE
- Eavesdrop \Eaves"drop`\, n. The water which falls in drops from the eaves of a house. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Eavesdrop'
From: GCIDE
- Eavesdrop \Eaves"drop`\ ([=e]vz"dr[o^]p`), v. i. [Eaves + drop.] 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. [1913 Webster]
- To eavesdrop in disguises. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'eavesdrop'
From: Moby Thesaurus