Overhearing

Word OVERHEARING
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Definitions and meanings of "Overhearing"

What do we mean by overhearing?

To hear something that was not meant for one's ears.

The act of hearing more than what is said in a song due to some emotional attachment Urban Dictionary

Japanese slang word rooted in Shangaya district of Tokyo. Means intrusive someone who pries into other people's lives. Urban Dictionary

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The word "overhearing" in example sentences

At first the noises sound like some kind of crazy sex marathon, but then things change ... and what Cameron ends up overhearing is a murder that involves a U.S. ❋ Nalini Singh (2010)

He said that he recalled overhearing Anderson and a top adviser discussing the fundraiser fairly early in the campaign. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He also recalled overhearing conversations between Mr. Pellicano and former phone company employee, Ray Turner, where Mr. Pellicano spoke in a sort of code. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Brattin recalls overhearing Americans refusing to engage in even the most basic attempts at a new language, instead “speaking louder and slower English in an attempt to communicate with the locals.” ❋ Unknown (2008)

Verlia Brown, coordinating head nurse for adult critical-care units at Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn, recalls overhearing a young nurse gossiping about how things would improve when older nurses retire. ❋ Unknown (2007)

She was so proud of me and I recall overhearing her telling a friend a few days later. ❋ Heyns, Penny & Lemke, Gary (2002)

At the apparition of the woman, the unaffected and simple directness he had previously shown in his equally abrupt contact with Bradley had fled utterly; confused by the awkwardness of his arrival, and shocked at the idea of overhearing a private conversation, he stepped hurriedly on the veranda. ❋ Bret Harte (1869)

At 1142, monitor Werner Moritz recalled overhearing two German naval officers talking in their room: "Don't worry, once the work at Peenemunde prevails, Germany will be victorious." ❋ Unknown (2010)

In "Walk Straight," the new book's second essay, Danticat recalls overhearing a Haitian say, about her work, "The things she writes, they are not us." ❋ By AMY WILENTZ (2010)

Aides from other Sen.te offices-I specifically remember one from Washington state and one from Pennsylvania-told me their mail from constituents was running overwhelmingly against the bill, and I recall overhearing Sen. Robert Dole telling a colleague that he had to go back to Kansas and prove he was still a Republican despite his support for the King holiday bill. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I recall overhearing a conversation years ago between two teenage girls - "keep it" or "abort" were the only options, "I would never do that!" the reaction to adoption. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He recalls overhearing his mom's worries about coming up with $2,000 needed for chemotherapy treatments. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Tindall, assigned to the vault, recalled overhearing a fellow teller pleading as three men in dark hoodies and sunglasses stormed the business armed with handguns. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He recalled overhearing a discussion a few years ago among adults who didn't want to send their kids to Carbondale Middle School, because it had 65 percent Latino student population. ❋ Unknown (2009)

1: “why do you [love this song]? it’s terrible.” 2: “it has a lot of meaning to me.” 3: “you’re probably just overhearing it then.” ex: you may love [a song] that’s terrible because it reminds you of [your ex]. ❋ Inverted_bracelet_manufacturer (2021)

Man Bob is such a [pushy-overhearer] I know he never stops [getting into] [other people's] business. ❋ Don'tyousee (2017)

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