Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

crack the flags

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.92 in modern English

Syllables: crack- the flags
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Of the sun or sunshine: to beat down very strongly; to be extremely hot.

British usage; Colloquial

Example Sentences

"Early summer sunshine threatened to crack the flags outside."
"I was apprehensive, feeling butterflies, pissed, the sun cracking the flags."
"[…] plus the sun was still cracking the flags as we headed back to Geneva."
"The sun's hot enough to crack the flags and there's not a cloud in sight."
"'Tis fit to crack the flags so you'll not be wantin' your brolly."

Etymology

See flag (“a flagstone”); the idea is that the extreme heat might cause paving-stones to split.

Usage

British usage
Colloquial

Inflected Forms

cracks the flags (present, singular) cracking the flags (participle, present) cracked the flags (participle, past) cracked the flags (past)

Questions

What does crack the flags mean?: Of the sun or sunshine: to beat down very strongly; to be extremely hot.
Where does crack the flags come from?: See flag (“a flagstone”); the idea is that the extreme heat might cause paving-stones to split.

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