overheard

o-ver-heard · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Past tense and past participle of *overhear*: heard accidentally or without the speaker's knowledge.

Related words

See also: eavesdrop, listen, overhear
Synonyms: eavesdropped

Etymology

Past tense of overhear, from Middle English overheren, from over + heren ("to hear").