flea /fliː/
noun [countable][
Language: Old English]
1. a very small insect without wings that jumps and bites animals and people to eat their blood:
Are you sure the dog has fleas?2. send somebody off with a flea in their ear British English to talk angrily to someone, especially because they have done something you disapprove of
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