Sami stumbled to the road, flagging down a pickup.
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Flagging
//ˈflæɡɪŋ//
Synonyms for "flagging" (173 found)
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obstructionpavementpiningpokingpokyready to dropregressiverelaxedreluctantretardationretrograderetrogressiverun downrun raggedrun-downsaggingsaunteringseedysetbackshriveling
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shufflingsinkingslackslackeningslidingslippingslothfulslowslow as deathslow as molassesslow as slowslow upslow-crawlingslow-footslow-goingslow-leggedslow-movingslow-pacedslow-pokyslow-runningslow-sailingslow-steppedslowdownslowing downsluggishslumpingsnail-pacedsnaillikestaggeringstonestrollingsubsidingtabetictentativetiletiredtired-wingedtoddlingtoilworntortoiseliketotteringtrudgingturtlelikeunhurriedunrefreshedunrestoredwaddlingwaningwashboardwastingway-wearywaywornweakweakenedweariedwearifulwearyweary-footedweary-ladenweary-wingedweary-wornwiltingwitheringwornworn-downworsening
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3 translations across 2 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- плочник noun (pavement or sidewalk of flagstones)
Finnish
2 entries- laatoitus noun (pavement or sidewalk of flagstones)
- väsyminen noun (tiring or exhausting, such as after exercise)
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The flagging economy worried investors.
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These cars without doubt were the salvation of the C.I.E. network, as they provided fast, economical services with a degree of comfort which did much to retrieve a flagging passenger traffic.
Source: wiktionary
That secret intoxication of pleasure, with all those transient flushings of guilt and joy, which the poet represents in our first parents upon their eating the forbidden fruit, to those flaggings of spirit, damps of sorrow, and mutual accusations which succeed it […]
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