eavesdropping
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- Words With Friends
- 27
- Letters
- 13
/ˈivsˌdɹɒ.piŋ/(US)
Definition of eavesdropping
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)verbal noun of eavesdrop:
“The detective kept them in view. He made his way casually along the inside of the shelter until he reached an open scuttle close to where the two men were standing talking. Eavesdropping was not a thing Larard would have practised from choice, but there were times when, in the public interest, he had to do it, and this was one of them.”
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noun
-
(countable, uncountable)verbal noun of eavesdrop:
“The detective kept them in view. He made his way casually along the inside of the shelter until he reached an open scuttle close to where the two men were standing talking. Eavesdropping was not a thing Larard would have practised from choice, but there were times when, in the public interest, he had to do it, and this was one of them.”
- (countable, uncountable)verbal noun of eavesdrop:
- (countable, uncountable)verbal noun of eavesdrop:
verb
- (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of eavesdrop
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Etymology
From eavesdrop + -ing.
Words you can make from eavesdropping
200+ playable · top: DISAPPROVE (18 pts)
Best play disapprove 18 points10-letter words
3 words9-letter words
41 words- APPROVING 17 pts
- PREPAVING 17 pts
- DEPRAVING 16 pts
- PERVADING 16 pts
- DISPROVEN 15 pts
- DOGNAPPER 15 pts
- DROPPINGS 15 pts
- EAVESDROP 15 pts
- GRAPEVINE 15 pts
- OVERSPEND 15 pts
- VAPORINGS 15 pts
- VAPORISED 15 pts
- DESERVING 14 pts
- ENDPAPERS 14 pts
- ENVISAGED 14 pts
- GENIPAPOS 14 pts
- GRAVESIDE 14 pts
- PEPONIDAS 14 pts
- PERVASION 14 pts
- PINEDROPS 14 pts
- PREPOSING 14 pts
- RINGDOVES 14 pts
- SANDPIPER 14 pts
- VINEGARED 14 pts
- DOGNAPERS 13 pts
- ENDEAVORS 13 pts
- ENDORSIVE 13 pts
- PEPERONIS 13 pts
- REINVADES 13 pts
- RESPADING 13 pts
- SOVEREIGN 13 pts
- SPREADING 13 pts
- VERSIONED 13 pts
- ESPIONAGE 12 pts
- PERSONAGE 12 pts
- PROGENIES 12 pts
- GESNERIAD 11 pts
- GRANDIOSE 11 pts
- ORGANDIES 11 pts
- ORGANISED 11 pts
- RENEGADOS 11 pts
8-letter words
119 words- APPROVED 16 pts
- PREPAVED 16 pts
- APPROVES 15 pts
- PREPAVES 15 pts
- DEPRAVES 14 pts
- DEPRIVES 14 pts
- DISPROVE 14 pts
- DROPPING 14 pts
- OVERPAID 14 pts
- PERVADES 14 pts
- PREVISED 14 pts
- PROVIDES 14 pts
- REPAVING 14 pts
- SPAVINED 14 pts
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- APPOSING 13 pts
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- DIVERGES 13 pts
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- ENGRAVED 13 pts
- GENIPAPO 13 pts
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- REPOSING 11 pts
- SPEARING 11 pts
- SPEERING 11 pts
- SPENDIER 11 pts
- SPONGIER 11 pts
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- AGONISED 10 pts
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- PERSONAE 10 pts
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- READINGS 10 pts
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- REEDINGS 10 pts
- REGAINED 10 pts
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- ERINGOES 9 pts
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7-letter words
36 words- APPROVE 14 pts
- DAPPING 13 pts
- APPENDS 12 pts
- APPOSED 12 pts
- AVENGED 12 pts
- DEAVING 12 pts
- ADVERSE 11 pts
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- ADVISER 11 pts
- ADVISOR 11 pts
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- ANEROID 8 pts
- ANISEED 8 pts
- ANODISE 8 pts
- DEARIES 8 pts
- DENIERS 8 pts
- ARENOSE 7 pts
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