flea
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /fliː/
flea (plural fleas)
- A small, wingless, parasitic insect of the order Siphonaptera, renowned for its bloodsucking habits and jumping abilities.
- (derogatory) A thing of no significance.
- French: puce
- German: (♂♀) Floh, (♂) Flohmännchen, (♀) Flohweibchen
- Italian: pulce
- Portuguese: pulga
- Russian: блоха́
- Spanish: pulga
flea (fleas, present participle fleaing; past and past participle fleaed)
- (transitive) To remove fleas from (an animal).
- Synonyms: deflea
- 1861, Horace William Wheelwright, Bush Wanderings of a Naturalist (page 192)
- I have seen a Lubra, or native woman, suckling two puppies; and, like monkeys, these ladies have a particular fancy for fleaing their dogs.
flea (fleas, present participle fleaing; past and past participle flead)
- Obsolete spelling of flay#English|flay
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 74:
- In this Thwackum had the advantage; for while Square could only scarify the poor lad's reputation, he could flea his skin [...].
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 74:
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