eavesdrop
verb
eaves·drop
| \ ˈēvz-ˌdräp
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eavesdropped;
eavesdropping;
eavesdrops
Definition of eavesdrop
: to listen secretly to what is said in private
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Examples of eavesdrop in a Sentence
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Sometimes, to entertain themselves, the boys would wander over to the Senate gym and sit in a corner of the steam room, eavesdropping on lawmakers. — Adam Entous, The New Yorker, "Will Hunter Biden Jeopardize His Father’s Campaign?," 1 July 2019 Spy satellites also eavesdrop on communications and radar emissions. — The Economist, "Attacking satellites is increasingly attractive—and dangerous," 18 July 2019 Reuters reports that investigators began eavesdropping on Sarkozy and Herzog's phone calls as part of an investigation into whether the late Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi illegally gave money to Sarkozy's 2007 campaign. — Fox News, "Ex-France president Sarkozy to face trial on charges of corruption, influence-peddling," 20 June 2019 With Elgie off being a deep thinker at Microsoft all day (brain-computer interface is his specialty), Bernadette has bonded with her daughter, forming a wonderfully conspiratorial us-against-the world connection with Bee that is fun to eavesdrop on. — Los Angeles Times, "Review: ‘Where’d You Go, Bernadette’ works with a splendid Cate Blanchett at its center," 14 Aug. 2019 Maplewood volunteers refuse to quit, however, and are continuing to eavesdrop on the animals. — Jasmine Johnson, Twin Cities, "DNR ended its frog and toad survey, but Maplewood volunteers wouldn’t quit," 8 July 2019 Bass overheard Bauer while eavesdropping outside the players’ UC San Diego room. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Tom Bass, who coached under Coryell and Gillman, dies at 83," 29 July 2019 Apple has temporarily disabled the Apple Watch's Walkie-Talkie app over concerns someone could have used it to eavesdrop on your conversations. — Dalvin Brown, USA TODAY, "Apple Watch eavesdropping vulnerability pushes tech giant to disable Walkie-Talkie app," 11 July 2019 Abdollah Homaifar, director of TECHLAV Center, said the technology also can be used to eavesdrop or to send out ahead of troops to locate the enemy’s positions. — Megan Rodriguez, ExpressNews.com, "UTSA, partner develop self-driving search and rescue rover," 5 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'eavesdrop.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for eavesdrop
eavesdrop
verb
English Language Learners Definition of eavesdrop
: to listen secretly to what other people are saying
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eavesdrop
verb
eaves·drop
| \ ˈēvz-ˌdräp
\
\
eavesdropped;
eavesdropping
Kids Definition of eavesdrop
: to listen secretly to private conversation
eavesdrop
intransitive verb
eaves·drop
eavesdropped;
eavesdropping
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