flagging

/ˈflæɡɪŋ/ · verb

Meaning

To furnish or deck out with flags.
To mark with a flag, especially to indicate the importance of something.
(often with down) To signal to, especially to stop a passing vehicle etc.
To convey (a message) by means of flag signals.
(often with up) To note, mark or point out for attention.
To signal (an event).
To weaken, become feeble.
To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.
To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness.
To enervate; to exhaust the vigour or elasticity of.
To pave with flagstones.
A pavement or sidewalk of flagstones; flagstones, collectively.
The process by which something flags or tires.

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