[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

flag \flag\ fla^g, v. i. imp.  p. p. flagged fla^gd;
   p. pr.  vb. n. flagging fla^g"gi^ng. 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.
      1913 webster

            as loose it the sail flagged around the mast. --t.
                                                  moore.
      1913 webster

   2. to droop; to grow spiritless; to lose vigor; to languish;
      as, the spirits flag; the strength flags.
      1913 webster

            the pleasures of the town begin to flag. --swift.

   syn: to droop; decline; fail; languish; pine.
        1913 webster
see also:
flagged flagging flacker flag 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

flagging \flag"ging\, n.
   a pavement or sidewalk of flagstones; flagstones,
   collectively.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

flagging \flag"ging\, a.
   growing languid, weak, or spiritless; weakening; delaying. --
   flag"gingly, adv.
   1913 webster
see also:
flag"gingly 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

flag
     n 1: emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of
          distinctive design
     2: plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing
        bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three
        drooping sepals syn: iris, fleur-de-lis, sword lily
     3: a rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device
        syn: signal flag
     4: a listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine
        usually on the editorial page that gives the name of the
        publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc.
        syn: masthead
     5: flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf
        green syn: pin
     6: stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving
        stones syn: flagstone
     7: a conspicuously marked or shaped tail
     v 1: communicate or signal with a flag
     2: provide with a flag; "flag this file so that i can recognize
        it immediately"
     3: droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss
        of tautness syn: sag, droop, swag
     4: decorate with flags; "the building was flagged for the
        holiday"
     5: become less intense syn: ease up, ease off, slacken
        off
     also: flagging, flagged
see also:
iris fleur-de-lis sword lily signal flag masthead pin 
flagstone sag droop swag ease up 
ease off slacken off flagging flagged 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

flagging
     adj : weak from exhaustion syn: drooping
see also:
drooping 

[6] : WordNet (r) 2.0

flagging
     see flag
see also:
flag 

[7] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

132 moby thesaurus words for "flagging":
   ambling, cautious, circumspect, claudicant, coming apart, cracking,
   crawling, creeping, creeping like snail, crumbling, debilitated,
   decadent, declining, degenerate, deliberate, deteriorating,
   disintegrating, draining, drooping, droopy, dwindling, easy,
   ebbing, effete, enervated, enfeebled, fading, fagged, failing,
   faint, fainting, falling, faltering, fatigued, feeling faint,
   foot-dragging, footsore, fragmenting, frazzled, gentle,
   going to pieces, good and tired, gradual, halting, hobbled,
   hobbling, idle, indolent, jaded, languid, languishing, languorous,
   lazy, leisurely, limping, lumbering, marcescent, moderate, pining,
   poking, poky, ready to drop, regressive, relaxed, reluctant,
   retrograde, retrogressive, run ragged, run-down, sagging,
   sauntering, seedy, shriveling, shuffling, sinking, slack, sliding,
   slipping, slothful, slow, slow as death, slow as molasses,
   slow as slow, slow-crawling, slow-foot, slow-going, slow-legged,
   slow-moving, slow-paced, slow-poky, slow-running, slow-sailing,
   slow-stepped, sluggish, slumping, snail-paced, snaillike,
   staggering, strolling, subsiding, tabetic, tentative, tired,
   tired-winged, toddling, toilworn, tortoiselike, tottering,
   trudging, turtlelike, unhurried, unrefreshed, unrestored, waddling,
   waning, wasting, way-weary, wayworn, weak, weakened, wearied,
   weariful, weary, weary-footed, weary-laden, weary-winged,
   weary-worn, wilting, withering, worn, worn-down, worsening

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