Spying
Pronunciation
Verb
spying- Present participle of spy
Full definition of spying
Noun
spying
(countable and uncountable; plural spyings)- espionage
- 1980, Amélie Rorty, Explaining Emotions (page 472)There are two ways in which the obsessive character of jealousy tends to exert itself: one is in the need to know, the endless tests and investigations and spyings that are so characteristic of jealousy.