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pique(2) (iou) and eavesdrop(2) (iou)


pique(2) (iou)



pique noun2. [pi:k] M17.
[French pic, of unkn. origin.]
Piquet. The winning of thirty points on cards and play before one's opponent begins to count, entitling one's score to begin at sixty. Cf. REPIQUE.

eavesdrop(2) (iou)



eavesdrop verb trans. & intrans. Infl. -pp-. E17.
[Back-form. from EAVESDROPPER.]
Listen secretly to (a person, private conversation), orig. by standing beneath the eaves of a house. Formerly also, stand beneath the eaves of (a building) in order to overhear conversation within.
J. Shirley It is not civil to eavesdrop him. C. Isherwood George eavesdrops on their conversation. A. Hailey Yvette started to eavesdrop by making tape recordings.