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eaves⋅drop
[eevz-drop] 
verb, -dropped, -drop⋅ping, noun –verb (used without object)
| 1. | to listen secretly to a private conversation. |
–verb (used with object)
| 2. | Archaic. to eavesdrop on. |
–noun Also, eaves⋅drip [eevz-drip] .
[eevz-drip] . | 3. | water that drips from the eaves. |
| 4. | the ground on which such water falls. |
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| eaves·drop (ēvz'drŏp') intr.v. eaves·dropped, eaves·drop·ping, eaves·drops To listen secretly to the private conversation of others. [Probably back-formation from eavesdropper, one who eavesdrops, from Middle English evesdropper, from evesdrop, place where water falls from the eaves, from Old English yfesdrype; see upo in Indo-European roots.] eaves'drop'per n. |
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Eavesdropping
Eaves"drop`ping\, n. (Law) The habit of lurking about dwelling houses, and other places where persons meet fro private intercourse, secretly listening to what is said, and then tattling it abroad. The offense is indictable at common law. --Wharton.
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