Crossword clues for overhearing
overhearing
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Overhear \O`ver*hear"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overheard; p. pr. & vb. n. Overhearing.] [AS. oferhi['e]ran.]
To hear more of (anything) than was intended to be heard; to hear by accident or artifice.
--Shak.To hear again.
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Wiktionary
n. The act by which something is overheard. vb. (present participle of overhear English)
Usage examples of "overhearing".
She couldn’t bear to think of anyone overhearing Todd’s crude accusations.
I couldn't help overhearing your very creditable offer to him last night.
But Dee had had enough of grownup squabbling and overhearing nasty secrets.
I knew damn well what he and Mary were jabbering about, and while I would’ve enjoyed overhearing the panic attack that I’d just paid five hundred dollars for the listening rights to, I patiently waited for two minutes while they tried to figure out how to handle me and an audiotape that would shoot to the top of the charts on anybody’s list.
Would they three huddle in one bed until morning — overhearing the tired bargains made with Old Billig, the mean thudding of Jolanta wrecking someone?