Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

flag-waving

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.69 in modern English

Syllables: flag-wav-ing
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Highly vocal and visible support given to a cause.

Uncountable

noun

Undesirable horizontal skewing of frames in an analog video signal.

Dated; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"I soon discovered that nobody seemed to want Anzacs in spite of their flag-waving and yapping before we left[.]"
"They eliminate picture rolls, tearing, flag waving, hue shift, skew error or color streaking."
"The picture may also show a horizontal jitter at the top left appearing as flag waving."

Etymology

From flag + waving.

Usage

Inflected Forms

flag waving (alternative) flagwaving (alternative)

Phrases

flag-waver

Frequently Paired Words

flag-waver

Synonyms

chauvinistic jingoistic nationalistic ultranationalistic superpatriotic

Questions

What does flag-waving mean?: Highly vocal and visible support given to a cause.
Where does flag-waving come from?: From flag + waving.

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