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[syn: drooping, flagging]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Flag \Flag\ (fl[a^]g), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flagged (fl[a^]gd);
p. pr. & vb. n. Flagging (fl[a^]g"g[i^]ng).] [Cf. Icel.
flaka to droop, hang loosely. Cf. Flacker, Flag an
ensign.]
1. To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible
bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.
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As loose it [the sail] flagged around the mast. --T.
Moore.
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2. To droop; to grow spiritless; to lose vigor; to languish;
as, the spirits flag; the strength flags.
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The pleasures of the town begin to flag. --Swift.
Syn: To droop; decline; fail; languish; pine.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Flagging \Flag"ging\, n.
A pavement or sidewalk of flagstones; flagstones,
collectively.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Flagging \Flag"ging\, a.
Growing languid, weak, or spiritless; weakening; delaying. --
Flag"ging*ly, adv.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
flagging
adj 1: weak from exhaustion [syn: drooping, flagging]
n 1: flagstones collectively; "there was a pile of flagging
waiting to be laid in place"
2: a walk of flagstones; "the flagging in the garden was quite
imaginative"