Definition of "earwigging" [earwigging]

• Present participle of earwig. (verb)

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• "If he identifies himself as an Ashes fast bowler this summer then Angus Fraser, his director of cricket at Middlesex, might reflect on a gentle earwigging from his dad a month ago and deem it worthwhile."
• "He'd been earwigging on our conversation and asked me what it was all about."
• "From shamelessly earwigging the author's conversation with her friend we learnt the following facts:"