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black flag en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (literally) Any flag that has a black, or predominantly black, color, (especially): ▸ A flag with a black color, used as a symbol of anarchism.
  2. (literally) Any flag that has a black, or predominantly black, color, (especially): ▸ A racing flag with a black color, used in auto racing to summon a driver to the pits or to signal disqualification.
  3. (figuratively, informal) A cue, warning, or alert; a sign or signal that something is extremely wrong, often something criminal, hideous or atrocious; a extreme red flag.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
black flags Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

white flag (colours of flags) · blue flag (colours of flags) · orange flag (colours of flags) · beige flag (colours of flags) · yellow flag (colours of flags) · chequered flag (colours of flags) · pink flag (colours of flags) · green flag (colours of flags) · red flag (colours of flags)

Deriveds

Black Flag Army

Translations (16)

cmn 黑旗 (flag used as a symbol of anarchism) · de schwarze Flagge (racing flag) · ja 黒旗 (flag used as a symbol of anarchism) · fi musta lippu (flag used as a symbol of anarchism) · it bandiera nera (flag used as a symbol of anarchism) · te నల్ల జెండా (flag used as a symbol of anarchism) · ru чёрный флаг (flag used as a symbol of anarchism) · es bandera negra (flag used as a symbol of anarchism) · mr काळा ध्वज (flag used as a symbol of anarchism) · ko 검은기 (flag used as a symbol of anarchism) · mr काळा झेंडा (flag used as a symbol of anarchism) · ta கறுப்புக்கொடி (flag used as a symbol of anarchism) · fi musta lippu (racing flag) · de schwarze Fahne (flag used as a symbol of anarchism) · fr drapeau noir (flag used as a symbol of anarchism) · ko 흑기 (flag used as a symbol of anarchism)

black flag en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To summon (a racing driver) to the pits by waving a black flag.
    • When a driver is black-flagged, he knows it. 2000, Mark Martin, NASCAR For Dummies, page 87:
    • Jack Sears was driving the famous John Willment Cobra roadster "39PH." Sears was black flagged, and after returning to the track, drove a race that is still talked about today. 1994, Shelby Cobra, page 112:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
black flags Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
black flagged Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
black flagged Tense=Past lexicographic
black flagging Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

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