eavesdrop : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: eavesdrop	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for eavesdrop
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eavesdrop v listen without the speaker's knowledge; "the jealous man was eavesdropping on his wife's conversations" Synonym(s): listen in, eavesdrop
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eavesdrop \Eaves"drop`\, 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. To eavesdrop in disguises. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eavesdrop \Eaves"drop`\, n. The water which falls in drops from the eaves of a house.