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eavesdropping
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | listen without permission |
| Synonyms: | be all ears, bend an ear, bug, ears into, listen in, monitor, overhear, pry, snoop, spy, tap, tune in on, wire, wiretap |
| Antonyms: | ignore |
| Main Entry: | scandal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | public embarrassment |
| Synonyms: | aspersion, backbiting, backstabbing, belittlement, calumny, crime, defamation, depreciation, detraction, dirty linen, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disparagement, disrepute, dynamite, eavesdropping, gossip, hearsay, idle rumor, ignominy, infamy, mud, obloquy, opprobrium, reproach, rumor, scorcher, shame, sin, skeleton in closet, slander, tale, talk, turpitude, wrongdoing |
| Main Entry: | listening |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hearing |
| Synonyms: | auscultation, autophony, eavesdropping, hearkening |
| Main Entry: | bug |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | listen to without permission |
| Synonyms: | eavesdrop, listen in, overhear, spy, tap, wiretap |
| Notes: | a bug is a particular kind of insect, specifically belonging to the order Hemiptera (tough leathery forewings attached to the body - like ladybugs, beetles) while insects generally belong to the class Insecta, which have bodies in three segments, usually two pairs or wings and three pairs of legs (like bees, mosquitoes); spiders are not technically insects because they have four pairs of legs insect (from Latin animal insectum) literally meant 'divided animal' or 'cut up or into' from the segments of its body (head, thorax, abdomen) - the common word being 'bug'; insect is any of an extremely large group of small invertebrate animals - and most undergo metamorphosis while bug denotes a special group of insects with beaklike sucking mouth parts and partly membranous forewings |
| Main Entry: | hear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | detect by perceiving sound |
| Synonyms: | apprehend, attend, auscultate, be all ears, become aware, catch, descry, devour, eavesdrop, get an earful, get wind of, get*, give an audience to, give attention, give ears, hark, hearken, heed, listen, make out, overhear, pick up*, read, strain, take in* |
| Notes: | to listen is to try to hear; to hear is simply to perceive with the ear |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | listen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hear and pay attention |
| Synonyms: | accept, admit, adopt, attend, audit, auscult, auscultate, be all ears, be attentive, catch, concentrate, eavesdrop, entertain, get, get a load of, give an audience to, give attention, give heed to, hang on words, hark, harken, hear out, hear tell, hearken, lend an ear, mind, monitor, obey, observe, overhear, pick up on, prick up ears, receive, take advice, take into consideration, take notice, take under advisement, tune in, tune in on, welcome |
| Notes: | to listen is to try to hear; to hear is simply to perceive with the ear |
| Antonyms: | speak, talk |
| Main Entry: | hearken |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hear |
| Synonyms: | apprehend, attend, auscultate, be all ears, become aware, catch, descry, devour, eavesdrop, get an earful, get wind of, get*, give, give an audience to, give attention, give ears, hark, heed, listen, make out, overhear, pick up*, read, strain, take |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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