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flag

1[flag] noun, verb, flagged, flag·ging.
noun
1.
a piece of cloth, varying in size, shape, color, and design, usually attached at one edge to a staff or cord, and used as the symbol of a nation, state, or organization, as a means of signaling, etc.; ensign; standard; banner; pennant.
2.
Ornithology. the tuft of long feathers on the legs of falcons and most hawks; the lengthened feathers on the crus or tibia.
3.
Hunting. the tail of a deer or of a setter dog.
4.
Journalism.
a.
the nameplate of a newspaper.
b.
masthead (def. 1).
c.
the name of a newspaper as printed on the editorial page.
5.
a tab or tag attached to a page, file card, etc., to mark it for attention.
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6.
Music. hook (def. 12a).
7.
Movies, Television. a small gobo.
8.
Usually, flags. the ends of the bristles of a brush, especially a paintbrush, when split.
9.
Computers. a symbol, value, or other means of identifying data of interest, or of informing later parts of a program what conditions earlier parts have encountered.
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verb (used with object)
10.
to place a flag or flags over or on; decorate with flags.
11.
to signal or warn (a person, automobile, etc.) with or as if with a flag (sometimes followed by down): to flag a taxi; to flag down a passing car.
12.
to communicate (information) by or as if by a flag.
13.
to decoy, as game, by waving a flag or the like to excite attention or curiosity.
14.
to mark (a page in a book, file card, etc.) for attention, as by attaching protruding tabs.
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15.
(of a brush) to split the ends of the bristles.
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Flagged is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
16.
strike the flag,
a.
to relinquish command, as of a ship.
b.
to submit or surrender: His financial situation is growing worse, but he's not ready to strike the flag.
Also, strike one's flag.

Origin:
1475–85; perhaps blend of flap (noun) and fag1 (noun) in obsolete sense “flap”

flag·ger, noun
flag·less, adjective
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flag

3[flag]
verb (used without object), flagged, flag·ging.
1.
to fall off in vigor, energy, activity, interest, etc.: Public enthusiasm flagged when the team kept losing.
2.
to hang loosely or limply; droop.

Origin:
1535–45; perhaps blend of of flap (v.) and fag1 (v.) in obsolete sense “to droop”. See flag1


1. dwindle, wilt, slump, sag, wane.

flag

4[flag] noun, verb, flagged, flag·ging.
noun
1.
flagstone (def. 1).
2.
flags, flagstone (def. 2).
verb (used with object)
3.
to pave with flagstones.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English flagge piece of sod; akin to Old Norse flaga slab

flag·ger, noun
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Word Origin & History

flag
1540s, "flap about loosely," perhaps a variant of M.E. flakken, flacken "to flap, flutter," probably from O.N. flakka "to flicker, flutter," perhaps onomatopoeic of something flapping in the wind. Sense of "go limp, droop" is first recorded 1610s. Meaning "to designate as someone who will not be served
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more liquor" is from 1980s, probably from use of flags to signal trains, etc., to halt, which led to the verb in this sense (1856). Related: Flagged; flagging.
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flag definition


  1. tv.
    to fail a course. : Pat flagged English again.
  2. n.
    the grade of F. : I'll get a flag on algebra for the semester.
  3. tv.
    to arrest someone. (See also flagged.) : They flagged Bob for speeding even though he was a judge.
  4. n.
    a headcloth or bandana, especially one that shows gang identity. (Streets.) : The kid wore a “flag” that alerted the officers to the fact that he was a gang member.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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flagged definition


  1. mod.
    arrested. : Sally was flagged, and she called her fixer to come get her out.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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