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Black flag

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any flag that has a black, or predominantly black, color, (especially):; A flag with a black color, used as a symbol of anarchism.
  2. 2
    a flag usually bearing a white skull and crossbones on a black background; indicates a pirate ship wordnet
  3. 3
    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.
Verb
  1. 1
    To summon (a racing driver) to the pits by waving a black flag. transitive

    "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."

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