(nautical) A flag flown by a ship to show the presence on board of the admiral; the admiral himself, or his flagship.
(music) A hook attached to the stem of a written note that assigns its rhythmic value
(nautical, often used attributively) A signal flag.
The use of a flag, especially to indicate the start of a race or other event.
(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.
an unprecedented speech designed to revive her own and her conservative party's flagging popularity
Use the -g flag for sorting numbers in scientific notation.
Fred is planning to flag his patio this weekend.
Delay the loitering boat.
And scented flag and golden flower-de-lys
By banks of myosote;
And laden barges float
Nothing so flags the spirits.
to flag the wings
Walcott was, briefly, awarded a penalty when he was upended in the box but referee Phil Dowd reversed his decision because Bendtner had been flagged offside.
The sides took it in turns to err and excite before Newcastle flagged and Arsenal signalled their top-four credentials by blowing the visitors away.
The pleasures of the town begin to flag.
His strength flagged toward the end of the race.
Flag the debug option before running the program.
Users of the Internet forum can flag others' posts as inappropriate.
I've flagged up the need for further investigation into this.
to flag an order to troops or vessels at a distance