eavesread
verbEtymology
Definitions
To surreptitiously read something.
- Lurkers hang around silently in otherwise noisy chat rooms, eavesreading other people's conversations for vicarious fun.
- Once, my mom flipped out when she eavesread an exchange between us over my shoulder.
- Aaron yanked at his tie to keep it from strangling him, tried to “eavesread” the paperwork on Stephanie's desk to find any clues to Lizzie's whereabouts.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA