(Britain, uncountable) The game of capture the flag.
(Internet slang, ACG) A plot or words of a character in an animation, etc., that would usually lead to a specific outcome or event, not logically or causally, but as a pattern of the animation, etc.
(UK, archaic, slang) An apron.
(aviation) A mechanical indicator that pops up to draw the pilot's attention to a problem or malfunction.
(computer science) A variable or memory location that stores a true-or-false, yes-or-no value, typically either recording the fact that a certain event has occurred or requesting that a certain optional action take place.
(computer science) In a command line interface, a command parameter requesting optional behavior or otherwise modifying the action of the command being invoked.
(geology) Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones.
(geometry) A sequence of faces of a given polytope, one of each dimension up to that of the polytope (formally, though in practice not always explicitly, including the null face and the polytope itself), such that each face in the sequence is part of the next-higher dimension face.
(mathematics, linear algebra) A sequence of subspaces of a vector space, beginning with the null space and ending with the vector space itself, such that each member of the sequence (until the last) is a proper subspace of the next.
(music) A hook attached to the stem of a written note that assigns its rhythmic value
(nautical) A flag flown by a ship to show the presence on board of the admiral; the admiral himself, or his flagship.
(nautical, often used attributively) A signal flag.
(obsolete except in dialects) A slice of turf; a sod.
(television) A dark piece of material that can be mounted on a stand to block or shape the light.
A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.
A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks, owls, etc.
A piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem, used as a visual signal or symbol.
A slab of stone; a flagstone, a flat piece of stone used for paving.
An exact representation of a flag (for example: a digital one used in websites).
Any of various plants with sword-shaped leaves, especially irises; specifically, Iris pseudacorus.
The bushy tail of a dog such as a setter.
The use of a flag, especially to indicate the start of a race or other event.
verb
(chess, intransitive) To lose on time, especially in a blitz game; when using a traditional analog chess clock, a flag would fall when time expired.
(chess, transitive) To defeat (an opponent) on time, especially in a blitz game.
(computing) To set a program variable to true.
(computing) To signal (an event).
(firearms) To point the muzzle of a firearm at a person or object one does not intend to fire on.
(intransitive) To weaken, become feeble.
(often with down) To signal to, especially to stop a passing vehicle etc.
(often with up) To note, mark or point out for attention.
(sports) To penalize for an infraction.
(transitive) To pave with flagstones.
To convey (a message) by means of flag signals.
To decoy (game) by waving a flag, handkerchief, etc. to arouse the animal's curiosity.
To enervate; to exhaust the vigour or elasticity of.
To fail, such as a class or an exam.
To furnish or deck out with flags.
To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.
To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness.
To mark with a flag, especially to indicate the importance of something.
flog
flog
noun
(Australia, informal, derogatory) A contemptible, often arrogant person; a wanker.
(Internet slang) A weblog designed to look authentic, but actually developed as part of a commercial marketing strategy to promote some product or service.
verb
(theater) To beat away charcoal dust etc. using a flogger.
(transitive) To use something to extreme; to abuse.
(transitive) To whip or scourge as punishment.
(transitive, Australia, New Zealand) To defeat easily or convincingly.
(transitive, Australia, New Zealand) To steal something.
(transitive, Australia, agriculture) To overexploit (land), as by overgrazing, overstocking, etc.
(transitive, UK, slang) To sell.
golf
golf
noun
(international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Golf from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
(sports) A ball game played by individuals competing against one another in which the object is to hit a ball into each of a series of (usually 18 or nine) holes in the minimum number of strokes.
verb
(computing) To write something in as few characters as possible (e.g. in code golf, regex golf)
(intransitive) To play the game of golf.
gulf
gulf
noun
(Oxbridge slang) The bottom part of a list of those awarded a degree, for those who have only just passed.
(figurative) A wide interval or gap; a separating space.
(geography) A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially landlocked sea
(mining) A large deposit of ore in a lode.
(obsolete) That which swallows; the gullet.
A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin.
That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy.
verb
(Oxbridge slang, transitive) To award a degree to somebody who has only just passed sufficiently.
