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Overhearing

verb

Word Frequency: 0.2

Definitions

1.verbTo hear something that was not meant for one's ears.

"I was hanging clothes in the garden and I overheard the neighbours talking about Sheila's pregnancy."

2.nounThe act by which something is overheard.

Synonyms

eavesdrop take in catch overlarding overreading overruling overloudness overpowering overissue overruler overness overheating

Rhymes With

endearing jeering peering hearing fleering key ring rehearing disappearing

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