Usage of "eavesdrop" | TermGallery

португальский

испанский

Listen without the speaker's knowledge.

Usage of eavesdrop in английском

We can eavesdrop on military and civilian transmissions made in the clear. 
 The Hyperion Cantos 

Rival males are using water ripples to eavesdrop on your mating calls. 
 Wired 

Either Barbara would tell her or Tammy would eavesdrop outside Merril's office. 
 Escape 

I don't think the Indies know we can eavesdrop on that frequency. 
 Anvil Gate 

She'd touch people and eavesdrop on their thoughts and memories if necessary. 
 The spurned viscountess 

There was no way she could eavesdrop on Melicard and his men. 
 Legends of the dragonrealm, vol ii 

I smiled, pausing just outside the room to eavesdrop a little more. 
 French pressed 

The user has to be at the airport or port to eavesdrop. 
 The Irish Times 

Didn't mean to eavesdrop, but I have to go with the duck. 
 A nameless witch 

She wanted to hear, but it went against her grain to eavesdrop. 
 Big Timber: A Story of the Northwest 

Sano wished he dared eavesdrop on Lord Niu and his friends instead. 
 Shinjū 

I could see her peeking around the corner, pretending not to eavesdrop. 
 Murder most frothy 

I began to regret that I didn't understand French well enough to eavesdrop. 
 Neither here nor there: travels in europe 

Always a pleasure to eavesdrop on Dickens' wide and wild cast of players. 
 The Guardian 

I'd have found a way to eavesdrop as well, I imagine. 
 James Potter and the Morrigan Web 

I glance behind me as if the very fish might rise to eavesdrop. 
 The Lady of the Rivers 

eavesdrop

Verb

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Translations for eavesdrop

португальский

испанский

Eavesdrop through the time

Eavesdrop across language varieties

United States of America

Common

United Kingdom

Less common

Meanings of eavesdrop in английском