The meaning of EAVESDROP is to listen secretly to what is said in private.

EAVESDROP definition: 1. to listen to someone's private conversation from close by without them knowing: 2. to listen to…. Learn more.

2017年8月10日 · The noun eavesdrip, eavesdrop, was chiefly used with reference to the ancient custom or law which prohibited a proprietor from building at a less distance than two feet from the boundary of his land, lest he should injure his neighbour’s land by …

If you eavesdrop on someone, you listen secretly to what they are saying. The government illegally eavesdropped on his telephone conversations. American English : eavesdrop / ˈivzdrɒp /

When you eavesdrop, you secretly listen in on someone's conversation. A little girl might eavesdrop on her parents in an attempt to find out what she's getting for her birthday. Whenever you deliberately overhear a phone conversation, or …

The meaning of EAVESDROPPING is the act of secretly listening to something private. How to use eavesdropping in a sentence.

eavesdrop - listen without the speaker's knowledge; "the jealous man was eavesdropping on his wife's conversations"

eavesdrop (on somebody/something) to listen secretly to what other people are saying. We caught him eavesdropping outside the window.

to listen secretly to a private conversation. eavesdropped, eavesdropping. Archaic. to eavesdrop on. water that drips from the eaves. the ground on which such water falls.

EAVESDROP meaning: 1. to listen to someone's private conversation from close by without them knowing: 2. to listen to…. Learn more.