Flea Definition
flē
fleas
noun
Any of an order (Siphonaptera) of small, flattened, wingless insects with large legs adapted for jumping: as adults they are bloodsucking parasites on mammals and birds.
Webster's New World
Webster's New World
A thing of no significance.
Wiktionary
verb
Obsolete spelling of flay.
Wiktionary
idiom
a flea in (one's) ear
- An annoying hint or a stinging rebuke.
American Heritage
flea in one's ear
- a stinging rebuke or rebuff, or an annoying hint
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Flea
Noun
Singular:
flea
Plural:
fleasIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Flea
- a flea in (one's) ear
- flea in one's ear
Origin of Flea
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From Middle English fle, from Old English flēah, flēa, from Proto-Germanic *flauhaz (cf. West Frisian flie, Dutch vlo, German Floh), from pre-Germanic *plóukos, from Proto-Indo-European *plúsis.
From Wiktionary
Middle English fle from Old English flēah
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Alternative forms.
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