flag
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Is flag a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of flag?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (nautical) A flag flown by a ship to show the presence on board of the admiral; the admiral himself, or his flagship.countableuncountable
2. (nautical, often used attributively) A signal flag.attributivecountableoftenuncountable
3. (computer science) A variable or memory location that stores a Boolean true-or-false, yes-or-no value, typically either recording the fact that a certain event has occurred or requesting that a certain optional action take place.Synonyms: Booleancountableuncountable
4. (computer science) In a command line interface, a command parameter requesting optional behavior or otherwise modifying the action of the command being invoked.Examples: "This will be used as a help message if the user passes in the --help flag, like so: […]"Synonyms: switchcountableuncountable
5. (aviation) A mechanical indicator that pops up to draw the pilot's attention to a problem or malfunction.Examples: "I was shooting an IFR approach down the San Francisco slot, when all of a sudden the ILS flag popped up."; "[…] and then the OFF flag popped up and the needle went dead."countableuncountable
6. (British, uncountable) The game of capture the flag.Britishuncountable
verb (English)
1. (often with down) To signal to, especially to stop a passing vehicle etc.Examples: "Please flag down a taxi for me."oftenwith-down
2. (often with up) To note, mark or point out for attention.Examples: "I've flagged up the need for further investigation into this."; "Users of the Internet forum can flag others' posts as inappropriate."oftenwith-up
3. (computing) To signal (an event).Examples: "The compiler flagged three errors."
4. (computing) To set a program variable to true.Examples: "Flag the debug option before running the program."
5. (sports) To penalize for an infraction.Examples: "The defender was flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct."
6. (chess, intransitive) To lose on time, especially in a blitz game; when using a traditional analog chess clock, a flag would fall when time expired.Examples: "Mark Dvoretsky (2014), For Friends & Colleagues, volume 1, →ISBN: “Indeed, I usually spent an hour to an hour and a half on my game, never found myself in time pressure, never once flagged in my entire life, except in blitz games, of course.”"intransitive
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To weaken, become feeble.Examples: "His strength flagged toward the end of the race."; "He now sees a spirit has been raised against him, and he only watches till it begin to flag."; "About half way to Wamphray, they met Mitchell's engine. Her speed was flagging badly. Steam was low, and the fire nearly out."intransitive
noun (English)
1. (obsolete except in dialects) A slice of turf; a sod.
2. (geology) Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones.
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To pave with flagstones.Examples: "Fred is planning to flag his patio this weekend."transitive
noun (English)
1. (music) A hook attached to the stem of a written note that assigns its rhythmic value
Definition source: Wiktionary