Eavesdrop

Verb

 * 1) To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
 * I hope nobody was eavesdropping on our conversation last night, since it got so personal.

Synonyms

 * overhear

Derived terms

 * eavesdropper

Noun

 * 1) The dripping of rain from the eaves of a house
 * 2) The space around a house on which such water drips
 * 3) A concealed aperture through which an occupant of a building can surreptitiously listen to people talking at an entrance to the building

Synonyms

 * eavesdrip

Thesaurus
attend, attend to, auscultate, be all ears, bend an ear, bug, cock the ears, examine by ear, give attention, give audience to, give ear, hark, hear, hear out, hearken, heed, intercept, lend an ear, listen, listen at, listen in, listen to, overhear, pry, sit in on, snoop, spy, tap, wiretap

Verb

 * Armenian:, ականջ կախել,  թաքուն լսել
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , , , 聽牆根, 听墙根
 * Czech: odposlouchávat
 * Danish: smuglytte, aflytte,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: kuunnella salaa, salakuunnella
 * French: être aux écoutes
 * German: belauschen, horchen, lauschen, abhören,
 * Hebrew: לצותת


 * Hungarian: hallgatózik, kihallgat
 * Italian: origliare
 * Macedonian: прислушкува, прислушува
 * Norwegian: overhøre
 * Polish: podsłuchać, podsłuchiwać,  przypadkowo usłyszeć
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: подслушивать
 * Scottish Gaelic: dèan farchluais
 * Serbian:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:

Noun

 * Italian: sgocciolatoio


 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * Italian: sgocciolatoio