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overhearings

overhearings is the plural of overhearing.

Meaning of overhearing

Noun

overhearing (plural overhearings)

  1. The act by which something is overheard.
    • Where overhearings were intended, as in conversations that girls wanted boys to overhear, the speaker often directed her gaze at the boy who was supposed to overhear while turning her mouth toward the ear of the listener.2006, Amy Shuman, Storytelling Rights, page 25

Questions about overhearings

What is overhearings the plural of?
Overhearings is the plural of overhearing.

Words near overhearings in the dictionary

  1. overhear
  2. overheard
  3. overhearer
  4. overhearers
  5. overhearing
  6. overhearings
  7. overhears
  8. overheartily
  9. overhearty
  10. overheat
  11. overheated

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