fleas
/ˈfliːz/
fleas is the plural of flea.
fleas is the third-person singular simple present indicative of flea.
Meaning of flea
Noun
flea (plural fleas or (archaic or UK dialectal) fleen)
- A small, wingless, parasitic insect of the order Siphonaptera, renowned for its bloodsucking habits and jumping abilities.
- A thing of no significance.
- The nation of beggars on horseback which first colonized California has left behind it many traditions unworthy of conservation, and multitudinous fleas not at all traditional, but even less keepworthy […]1871, Fitz Hugh Ludlow, The Heart of the Continent, page 414
Phrases with fleas
Words that rhyme with fleas
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- wheeze
- Cantonese
- chemise
- miner's disease
- trapeze
- Congolese
- dees
- disease
- displease
- frieze
- Japanese
- Keyes
- leese
- overseas
- pease
- please
- Portuguese
- sneeze
- tweeze
- appease
- bes
- bez
- blue cheese
- botanese
- Burmese
- expertise
- fries
- greeze
- Guyanese
- he's
- Javanese
- keys
- legalese
- Louise
- Maltese
- Ningbonese
- octopodes
- Pekingese
- Shanghainese
- she's
- Sinhalese
- Socrates
- tees
- Versaillese
- Viennese
- Vietnamese
- a little bit of bread and no cheese
- academese
Questions about fleas
- What is fleas the plural of?
- Fleas is the plural of flea.
- How do you pronounce fleas?
- Fleas is pronounced /ˈfliːz/.
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