fleabag
/ˈfliˌbæɡ/noun
fleabag is a noun meaning “A bed or sleeping bag” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-L-E-A-B-A-G and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 11 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of fleabag is fleabags.
What does fleabag mean?
noun
- 1
slangA bed or sleeping bag.
- 2
slangA place of shabby lodging, particularly a filthy hotel or run-down apartment.
- 3
slangAn unkempt mammal.
He's become a real fleabag recently. Time for a bath!
- 4
slangA mammal whom the speaker dislikes.
Get out of the way, you fleabag!
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fleabag?
- US /ˈfliˌbæɡ/
Fleabag has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-fleabag.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of fleabag
- fleabags plural
- flea bag
- flea-bag
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fleabag?
Fleabag appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 99,289th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Fleabag in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | pulgueiro , pulguento |
| French | sac à puces |
| Spanish | pulguienta, pulguiento |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does fleabag come from?
From flea + bag.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).