eavesdrop
eaves·drop / ˈēvzˌdräp/ • v. (-dropped, -drop·ping) [intr.] secretly listen to a conversation: she opened the window just enough to eavesdrop on the conversation outside.DERIVATIVES: eaves·drop·per n.ORIGIN: early 17th cent.: back-formation from eavesdropper (late Middle English) ‘a person who listens from under the eaves,’ from the obsolete noun eavesdrop ‘the ground on to which water drips from the eaves,’ probably from Old Norse upsardropi, from ups ‘eaves’ + dropi ‘a drop.’
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