Associations to the word «Overhear»

Wiktionary

OVERHEAR, verb. To hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears.

Dictionary definition

OVERHEAR, verb. Hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers; "We overheard the conversation at the next table".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats