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leech

Definition

  • noun: a type of worm that attaches itself to the skin of animals and sucks their blood
  • noun: any of numerous carnivorous or bloodsucking usually freshwater annelid worms (class Hirudinea) that have typically a flattened lanceolate segmented body with a sucker at each end
  • verb: to bleed by the use of 'leeches'
  • synonyms: physician, doctor

Examples

  • a celebrity who is surrounded by 'leeches' who only want his money

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) - Or cuckoos. - No, no, this is... ...full of knights, castles, mutton... ...torture weapons, poverty, leeches, illiteracy... Once we arrive at Cloud Cuckooland, we'll raise an army... Anyway, you guys gotta check out these new subwoofers I installed. I call them the dogs. (..)
    2014 The Lego Movie