flea market

flea mar·ket

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [flee mahr-kit]
- /fli ˈmɑr kɪt/
- /fliː ˈmɑːkɪt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [flee mahr-kit]
- /fli ˈmɑr kɪt/

Definitions of flea market words

noun flea market a market, often outdoors, consisting of a number of individual stalls selling old or used articles, curios and antiques, cut-rate merchandise, etc. 1
noun flea market market selling antiques, etc. 1
countable noun flea market A flea market is an outdoor market which sells cheap used goods and sometimes also very old furniture. 0
noun flea market an open-air market selling cheap and often second-hand goods 0
noun flea market a bazaar, usually outdoors, dealing mainly in cheap, secondhand goods 0

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Origin of flea market

First appearance:

before 1920

One of the 12% newest English words

First recorded in 1920-25

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Parts of speech for Flea market

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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flea market popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 56% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Synonyms for flea market

noun flea market

garage sale — a sale of used or unwanted household goods, personal items, bric-a-brac, etc., typically held in one's garage or yard.
rummage sale — a sale of miscellaneous articles, old or new, as items contributed to raise money for charity, of unclaimed goods at a wharf or warehouse, or of odds and ends of merchandise at a shop.
yard sale — garage sale.
swap meet — a fair or bazaar where objects, usually secondhand, are bartered or sold.
tag sale — garage sale.

All 6 Synonyms of flea market