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FLAGGING

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Dictionary entry overview: What does flagging mean?

• FLAGGING (noun)
The noun FLAGGING has 2 senses:

1. flagstones collectively
2. a walk of flagstones

Familiarity information: FLAGGING used as a noun is rare.

• FLAGGING (adjective)
The adjective FLAGGING has 1 sense:

1. weak from exhaustion

Familiarity information: FLAGGING used as an adjective is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• FLAGGING (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Flagstones collectively

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Context example:

there was a pile of flagging waiting to be laid in place

Hypernyms ("flagging" is a kind of...):

accumulation; aggregation; assemblage; collection (several things grouped together or considered as a whole)

Sense 2

flagging ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

A walk of flagstones

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

the flagging in the garden was quite imaginative

Hypernyms ("flagging" is a kind of...):

paseo; walk; walkway (a path set aside for walking)

• FLAGGING (adjective)

Sense 1

flagging ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Weak from exhaustion

Synonyms:

drooping; flagging

Similar:

tired (depleted of strength or energy)

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