Phrase Hound found 45 phrases and 35 compound words that contain flea. The most common are listed below. Open flea in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 45
- flea marketAn outdoor temporary market selling inexpensive antiques, curios, etc.
- flea marketsplural of flea market: An outdoor temporary market selling inexpensive antiques, curios, etc.
- flea bagA disreputable place of accommodation.
- water fleaAny of various aquatic crustacea of the order Diplostraca, characterised by their jumping or jerky mode of swimming.
- sand fleaAny of various small crustaceans of the family Talitridae (order Amphipoda), that are found on beaches and jump like a flea.
- flea beetleAny of the small jumping beetles of tribe Alticini of the leaf beetle family Chrysomelidae.
- flea circusA circus sideshow attraction in which fleas are attached (or appear to be attached) to miniature carts and other items, and encouraged to perform circus acts within a small housing.
- flea pitA dilapidated building, stereotypically hosting a low-grade cinema.
- human fleaA species of flea, Pulex irritans, with a variety of hosts, that is relatively prevalent among humans.
- chigoe fleaThe chigoe (Tunga penetrans)
- flea-riddenInfested with fleas.
- beach fleaAny of various amphipod crustaceans of the family Talitridae, which live on beaches and jump like fleas.
- flea bombAn aerosol bomb used to kill fleas.
- flea collarA collar, worn by an animal, that is impregnated with chemicals that repel or kill external parasites such as fleas.
- flea treeThe tree Albizia lebbeck.
- rabbit fleaSpilopsyllus cuniculi, a pulicid that can act as a vector for the myxomatosis virus.
- sea fleaThe sand flea.
- snow fleaHypogastrura nivicola, a kind of springtail, often seen jumping about on the surface of snow.
- flea beetlesplural of flea beetle: Any of the small jumping beetles of tribe Alticini of the leaf beetle family Chrysomelidae.
- flea flickerA trick offensive play in which the quarterback laterals the ball to the running back, who then runs a short distance, then laterals the ball back to the quarterback.
- stickfast fleaA flea of species Echidnophaga gallinacea.
- flea in one's earA stinging rebuke or rebuff.
- fit as a fleaVery fit; in good shape.
- eight-spotted flea beetleA flea beetle of Northern and Central American, of species Omophoita cyanipennis.
- flea bagsplural of flea bag: A disreputable place of accommodation.
Compound words 35
- fleabaneAny of various species of flowering plants in certain genera in family Asteraceae, that typically repel insects:
- defleaTo rid of fleas.
- fleabagA bed or sleeping bag.
- fleabiteThe bite of a flea, or the mark caused by such a bite.
- antifleaCountering fleas.
- fleasomeCovered in fleas.
- befleaTo pester, as fleas do.
- flealikeResembling or characteristic of a flea.
- fleabittenflea-ridden
- fleaborneTransmitted by fleas.