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eavesread

eavesread verb: to surreptitiously read something.

Verb

eavesread (third-person singular simple present eavesreads, present participle eavesreading, simple past and past participle eavesread)

  1. To surreptitiously read something.
    • Lurkers hang around silently in otherwise noisy chat rooms, eavesreading other people's conversations for vicarious fun.1998, Larry Samuel, The Future Ain't what it Used to be: 40 Cultural Trends Transforming Your Job, Your Life, Your World, Riverhead Books, →ISBN, page 99
    • Once, my mom flipped out when she eavesread an exchange between us over my shoulder.2011, Caissie St. Onge, Jane Jones: Worst. Vampire. Ever., Ember, →ISBN, page 27

Forms of eavesread

third-person singular presenteavesreads
present participleeavesreading
past participleeavesread
pasteavesread

Origin of eavesread

Blend of eavesdrop + read.

Questions about eavesread

What does eavesread mean?
Eavesread means to surreptitiously read something.
What part of speech is eavesread?
Eavesread is a verb.
What is the past tense of eavesread?
The past tense of eavesread is eavesread.

Words near eavesread in the dictionary

  1. eavesdroppers
  2. eavesdropping
  3. eavesdroppingly
  4. eavesdroppings
  5. eavesdrops
  6. eavesread
  7. eavesreading
  8. eavesreads
  9. eavestrough
  10. eavestroughs
  11. eaving

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