overhearing

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overhearing

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of overhear

noun overhearings

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.

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@misc{overhearing_2026,
  title = {overhearing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/overhearing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}