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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Flag \Flag\ (fl[a^]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.
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