FLAGGING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flagging mean? 

• FLAGGING (noun)
  The noun FLAGGING has 2 senses:

1. flagstones collectively

2. a walk of flagstones

  Familiarity information: FLAGGING used as a noun is rare.

• FLAGGING (adjective)
  The adjective FLAGGING has 1 sense:

1. weak from exhaustion

  Familiarity information: FLAGGING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLAGGING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Flagstones collectively

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Context example:

there was a pile of flagging waiting to be laid in place

Hypernyms ("flagging" is a kind of...):

accumulation; aggregation; assemblage; collection (several things grouped together or considered as a whole)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A walk of flagstones

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

the flagging in the garden was quite imaginative

Hypernyms ("flagging" is a kind of...):

paseo; walk; walkway (a path set aside for walking)

• FLAGGING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Weak from exhaustion

Synonyms:

drooping; flagging

Similar:

tired (depleted of strength or energy)

 Context examples 

Through the sound of the shivering glass I could hear the "ting" of the gold, as some of the sovereigns fell on the flagging.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Cataloging, grouping, and flagging data for ready retrieval.

(Information Resources Management, NCI Thesaurus)