flea (redirected from Flea dip)

flea  (fl)

n.

1. Any of various small, wingless, bloodsucking insects of the order Siphonaptera that have legs adapted for jumping and are parasitic on warm-blooded animals.

2. Any of various small crustaceans that resemble or move like fleas, such as the water flea.

Idiom:

a flea in (one's) ear

An annoying hint or a stinging rebuke.

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[Middle English fle, from Old English flah.]

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flea [fliː]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any small wingless parasitic blood-sucking insect of the order Siphonaptera, living on the skin of mammals and birds and noted for its power of leaping

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various invertebrates that resemble fleas, such as the water flea and flea beetle

flea in one's ear Informal a sharp rebuke

[Old English flēah; related to Old Norse flō, Old High German flōh]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

flea - any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap ectoparasite, ectozoan, ectozoon, epizoan, epizoon - any external parasitic organism (as fleas) insect - small air-breathing arthropod order Siphonaptera, Siphonaptera - fleas Pulex irritans - the most common flea attacking humans Ctenocephalides canis, dog flea - flea that attacks dogs and cats cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis - flea that breeds chiefly on cats and dogs and rats chigger, chigoe, chigoe flea, Tunga penetrans - small tropical flea; the fertile female burrows under the skin of the host including humans Echidnophaga gallinacea, sticktight flea, sticktight - parasitic on especially the heads of chickens

Translations

flea [fliː]

A. N → pulga f
to send sb away with a flea in his ear → despachar a algn con cajas destempladas

B. CPD flea collar N → collar m antipulgas or antiparasitario
flea market N → mercadillo m, rastro m (Sp)

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flea [ˈfliː] n → puce f
flea collar n → collier m antipuces
flea market n → marché m aux puces
flea powder n → poudre f antipuces

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flea

n → Floh m; to send somebody off with a flea in his/her ear (inf) → jdn wie einen begossenen Pudel abziehen lassen (inf)

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flea:

fleabag

n

(US inf: = hotel) → Flohbude f (inf), → Absteige f

(inf, = person) → Schrulle f (inf)

fleabite

n → Flohbiss m; it’s just a flea (fig) → das ist eine Kleinigkeit

flea-bitten

adj → voller Flohbisse; (inf) → vergammelt (inf)

flea circus

n → Flohzirkus m

flea collar

n → Flohhalsband nt

flea market

n → Flohmarkt m

fleapit

n (Brit inf) → Flohkino nt (inf)

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flea [fliː] n → pulce f
to send sb off with a flea in his ear (fam) → mandare qn a quel paese

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flea [fliː] n → pulce f
to send sb off with a flea in his ear (fam) → mandare qn a quel paese

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flea

n flea [fliː]

a type of small blood-sucking insect that jumps instead of flying and lives on the bodies of animals or people. vlooi بُرْغوث бълха blecha loppe der Floh ψύλλος pulga kirp کک kirppu puce פַּרעוֹש पिस्सू buha bolha kutu fló pulce のみ 벼룩 blusa blusa kutu vlo loppe pchła pulga purice блоха blcha bolha buva loppa หมัด pire 跳蚤 блоха پسّو، چھوٹا پھدکنے والا حشرہ bọ chét 跳蚤

n flea market

an open-air market that sells cheap, old or used articles. vlooimark سوق السِّلَع الرَّخيصَه битпазар bleší trh loppemarked der Trödel-/Flohmarkt υπαίθρια αγορά μεταχειρισμένων ή παλαιών ειδών rastro täiturg, täika بازار کهنه فروش ها kirpputori שׁוּק פִשׁפּשִׁים कबाड़ी बाजार buvljak zsibvásár, bolhapiac pasar loak/rombengan mercato delle pulci のみの市 벼룩 시장 sendaikčių turgus utenis pasar lambak rommelmarkt, vlooienmarkt loppemarked pchli targ барахолка blší trh bolšji trg buvljak loppmarknad ตลาดนัด bit pazarı 跳蚤市場 блошиний ринок, барахолка پرانی استعمال شدہ اشیا کا بازار chợ trời bán đồ cũ 跳蚤市场

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flea → برغوث blecha loppe Floh ψύλλος pulga kirppu puce buha pulce 蚤 벼룩 vlo loppe pchła pulga блоха loppa หมัด pire con rận 跳蚤