📚 Eavesdrop, verb. 🔉 /ˈiːvzdrɒp/ 🇬🇧 ❓ Definition (no object): Secretly listen to a conversation. ❗️ Examples: 1. My father eavesdropped on my phone calls. 2. Trying to look like I was having fun jumping up and down, I secretly eavesdrop on their conversation. 3. I wanted to listen to you live, as though I was eavesdropping on your conversation. 4. Sent to his room by Aunt Lou, Joe eavesdrops on the conversation. 5. He watches a woman chase a runaway dog and eavesdrops on conversations even more banal than his prose. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌀 @cambridge_dic