English Dictionary

flag

/flæɡ/

verb

To furnish or deck out with flags. / To mark with a flag, especially to indicate the importance of something. / (often with down) To signal to, especially to stop a passing vehicle etc.

They flag the streets for the parade.

意味（1）

To furnish or deck out with flags.

意味（2）

To mark with a flag, especially to indicate the importance of something.

Walcott was, briefly, awarded a penalty when he was upended in the box but referee Phil Dowd reversed his decision because Bendtner had been flagged offside.

意味（3）

(often with down) To signal to, especially to stop a passing vehicle etc.

Please flag down a taxi for me.

意味（4）

To convey (a message) by means of flag signals.

to flag an order to troops or vessels at a distance

意味（5）

(often with up) To note, mark or point out for attention.

I've flagged up the need for further investigation into this.

意味（6）

(computing) To signal (an event).

The compiler flagged three errors.

意味（7）

(computing) To set a program variable to true.

Flag the debug option before running the program.

意味（8）

To decoy (game) by waving a flag, handkerchief, etc. to arouse the animal's curiosity.

This method of hunting, however, is not so much practised now as formerly, as the antelope are getting continually shyer and more difficult to flag.

意味（9）

(sports) To penalize for an infraction.

The defender was flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct.

意味（10）

(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.

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.”

意味（11）

(chess, transitive) To defeat (an opponent) on time, especially in a blitz game.

White was winning positionally, but Black managed to flag him and win.

意味（12）

(firearms) To point the muzzle of a firearm at a person or object one does not intend to fire on.

意味（13）

To fail, such as a class or an exam.

After he flagged Algebra, Mike was ineligible for the football team.