eavesdropper
eavesdropper · eavesdroppers
соглядатай
Lauscher
One who eavesdropsOne who eavesdrops.
/ˈiːvzˌdɹɒpə(ɹ)/
» She's a bit of an eavesdropper, innit?
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2 sensesOne who eavesdrops.
Lauscher
согляда́тайsogljadátaj
(slang)A surveillance aircraft.
More definitions
- a secret listener to private conversations
Examples
1 sentencesShe's a bit of an eavesdropper, innit?
Translations
4 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
one who eavesdrops:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
one who eavesdrops:
Origin
From eavesdrop + -er (“person or thing which does”).From eavesdrop + -er (“person or thing which does”).
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
plural: eavesdroppers| Singular | eavesdropper |
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedeavesdrop
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.