Search Result for "listen in":
Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. listen quietly, without contributing to the conversation;

2. listen without the speaker's knowledge;
- Example: "the jealous man was eavesdropping on his wife's conversations"
[syn: listen in, eavesdrop]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

listen in v 1: listen quietly, without contributing to the conversation 2: listen without the speaker's knowledge; "the jealous man was eavesdropping on his wife's conversations" [syn: listen in, eavesdrop]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

41 Moby Thesaurus words for "listen in": attend, attend to, auscultate, be all ears, bend an ear, bug, buzz, call, call up, cock the ears, dial, eavesdrop, examine by ear, give a ring, give attention, give audience to, give ear, hang up, hark, hear, hear out, hearken, heed, hold the phone, intercept, lend an ear, listen, listen at, listen to, make a call, phone, ring, ring off, ring up, sit in on, tap, telephone, tune down, tune in, tune up, wiretap