Definition of: eavesdrop

(ēvz′drop′) v.i. ·dropped, ·drop·ping
To listen, or try to listen, secretly, as to a private conversation.
—noun
1. Water that drops from the eaves.
2. The line near the wall of a house made by such droppings. Also eave′·drop′. [<eavesdrop, noun; with ref. to one who listens within the eavesdrop]
—eaves′drop′per noun
—eaves′drop′ping noun