flagging : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: flagging	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for flagging
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flagging adj weak from exhaustion Synonym(s): drooping, flagging n flagstones collectively; "there was a pile of flagging waiting to be laid in place" a walk of flagstones; "the flagging in the garden was quite imaginative"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flag \Flag\ (fl[acr]g), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flagged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Flagging}.] [Cf. Icel. flaka to droop, hang loosely. Cf. {Flacker}, {Flag} an ensign.] 1. To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp. As loose it [the sail] flagged around the mast. --T. Moore. 2. To droop; to grow spiritless; to lose vigor; to languish; as, the spirits flag; the streugth flags. The pleasures of the town begin to flag. --Swift. Syn: To droop; decline; fail; languish; pine.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flagging \Flag"ging\, n. A pavement or sidewalk of flagstones; flagstones, collectively.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flagging \Flag"ging\, a. Growing languid, weak, or spiritless; weakening; delaying. -- {Flag"ging*ly}, adv.