Flags

//flæɡz// name, noun, verb, slang

name, noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of flag form-of, plural
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of flag form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Nickname for a flag lieutenant. slang

    "Suddenly the flag lieutenant grabbed an air vice-marshal's daughter by the hand and dragged her past the Charltons […] Flags was always doing something of this sort, and although Paul did not know him, he disliked it […]"

Synonyms

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ease upsagabateadobeand blueashlar

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"The fronts of the houses were hung with flags."

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