fleapit

flea·pit

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [flee-pit]
- /ˈfliˌpɪt/
- /ˈfliː.pɪt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [flee-pit]
- /ˈfliˌpɪt/

Definitions of fleapit word

noun fleapit a shabby public place, especially a run-down motion-picture theater. 1
noun fleapit A dingy, dirty place, especially a run-down movie theater. 1
noun fleapit dirty or run-down place 1
noun fleapit small run-down cinema 1
countable noun fleapit If you refer to a cinema or theatre as a fleapit, you mean that it is old and does not look very clean or tidy. 0
noun fleapit a shabby cinema or theatre 0

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Origin of fleapit

First appearance:

before 1935

One of the 8% newest English words

First recorded in 1935-40; flea + pit1

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Parts of speech for Fleapit

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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fleapit popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 54% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for fleapit

noun fleapit

cinema — A cinema is a place where people go to watch films for entertainment.
movie house — a motion-picture theater.
multiplex — having many parts or aspects: the multiplex problem of drug abuse.
grind house — a burlesque house, especially one providing continuous entertainment at reduced prices.

All 12 Synonyms of fleapit