Definitions for "EAVESDROP"
Keywords:  secretly, pout, minx, overhear, gopete
Secretly to overhear a catalogue of the crimes and vices of another or yourself. A lady with one of her ears applied To an open keyhole heard, inside, Two female gossips in converse free -- The subject engaging them was she. "I think," said one, "and my husband thinks That she's a prying, inquisitive minx!" As soon as no more of it she could hear The lady, indignant, removed her ear. "I will not stay," she said, with a pout, "To hear my character lied about!" Gopete Sherany
To stand under the eaves, near a window or at the door, of a house, to listen and learn what is said within doors; hence, to listen secretly to what is said in private.
listen without the speaker's knowledge; "the jealous man was eavesdropping on his wife's conversations"
Keywords:  drops, falls, house, water
The water which falls in drops from the eaves of a house.