flagging

Noun · Adjective
Synonyms: drooping

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  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”

Adjective (1)

  1. weak from exhaustionSynonyms: drooping
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

As loose it [the sail] flagged around the mast.— T. Moore.[1913 Webster]

2.To droop; to grow spiritless; to lose vigor; to languish; as, the spirits flag; the strength flags. [1913 Webster]

The pleasures of the town begin to flag.— Swift.

Syn: To droop; decline; fail; languish; pine. [1913 Webster]

Flagging \Flag"ging\, n. A pavement or sidewalk of flagstones; flagstones, collectively. [1913 Webster]
Flagging \Flag"ging\, a. Growing languid, weak, or spiritless; weakening; delaying. -- Flag"ging*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]
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