Usually means: Eavesdropping or overhearing private conversations.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. earwigging: Merriam-Webster
  2. earwigging: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. earwigging: Collins English Dictionary
  4. earwigging: Wiktionary
  5. Earwigging, earwigging: Dictionary.com
  6. Earwigging: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Earwigging: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. Earwigging: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. earwigging: FreeDictionary.org
  10. earwigging: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. earwigging: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. earwigging: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. earwigging: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun:  An attempt to influence by persistent confidential argument or talk.

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jawboning, eavesdropping, rubbering, earful, earwork, earache, whisper campaign, whispering campaign, nagging, dickering, more...

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jawboning, eavesdropping, rubbering, earful, earwork, earache, whisper campaign, whispering campaign, nagging, dickering, more...



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