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noun

Flagging n. A pavement or sidewalk of flagstones; flagstones, collectively.

verb

Flag v. t.

To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness; as, to flag the wings.

To enervate; to exhaust the vigor or elasticity of. "Nothing so flags the spirits."

Flag v. t.

To signal to with a flag or by waving the hand; as, to flag a train; also used with down; as, to flag down a cab.

To convey, as a message, by means of flag signals; as, to flag an order to troops or vessels at a distance.

To decoy (game) by waving a flag, handkerchief, or the like to arouse the animal's curiosity. "The antelope are getting continually shyer and more difficult to flag."

Flag v. t. To furnish or deck out with flags.

Flag v. t. To lay with flags of flat stones. "The sides and floor are all flagged with... marble."

Flag v. i. (past & past part. flagged; pres. part. flagging)

To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp. "As loose it (the sail) flagged around the mast."

To droop; to grow spiritless; to lose vigor; to languish; as, the spirits flag; the strength flags. "The pleasures of the town begin to flag."

Synonyms: To droop; decline; fail; languish; pine.

adjective

Flagging adj. Growing languid, weak, or spiritless; weakening; delaying.

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Etymology of 'Flagging'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Flagging" Quotes from Famous Books

... by flagging this train?" the brakeman demanded angrily, as he signaled the engineer to proceed. ...

— The Go-Getter • Peter B. Kyne

... up through one of the streets of the great wholesale businesses, to Broadway. On this street was a throng of trucks and wagons, lading and unlading; bales and boxes rose and sank by pulleys overhead; the footway was a labyrinth of packages of every shape and size; there was no flagging of the pitiless energy that moved all forward, no sign of how heavy a weight lay on it, save in the reeking faces ...

— McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader • William Holmes McGuffey

... adorned a long and eminently useful life. He gave shelter to the majestic and heroic John Brown. His door was—like the heavenly gates—ajar to every fugitive from slavery, and his fiery earnestness kindled the flagging zeal of many a conservative ...

— History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) - Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens • George Washington Williams

... once had to perform that inevitable nuisance of putting his hand in his pocket to draw out his purse. The gasoline circulated inexhaustibly through the veins of the three motor cars, which lounged day and night on the marble flagging of the courtyard. As by magic everything flowed in that eye and ...

— Men in War • Andreas Latzko

... and including the dozen or more of small places, the number of drinks taken in and about Wall street per day is over 7500, while over 125 bottles of champagne are disposed of. The amount of money expended for fuel to feed the flagging energies of the speculators is, therefore, over $2000 per day, and it is not at all strange that the brokers occasionally cut up queer antics in the boards, and stocks take twists and turns that unsettle the street ...

— Lights and Shadows of New York Life - or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City • James D. McCabe

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