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black flag

black flag noun: a flag with a black color, used as a symbol of anarchism.

Noun

black flag (plural black flags)

  1. (literally) A flag with a black color, used as a symbol of anarchism.
  2. (literally) A racing flag with a black color, used in auto racing to summon a driver to the pits or to signal disqualification.
  3. (figuratively, informal) A cue, warning, or alert; a sign or signal that something is extremely wrong, often something criminal, hideous or atrocious; a extreme red flag.

Verb

black flag (third-person singular simple present black flags, present participle black flagging, simple past and past participle black flagged)

  1. (transitive) To summon (a racing driver) to the pits by waving a black flag.
    • Jack Sears was driving the famous John Willment Cobra roadster "39PH." Sears was black flagged, and after returning to the track, drove a race that is still talked about today.1994, Shelby Cobra, page 112
    • When a driver is black-flagged, he knows it.2000, Mark Martin, NASCAR For Dummies, page 87

black flag meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Bengali and Telugu

black flag in Tamil

flag used as a symbol of anarchism
கறுப்புக்கொடி kaṟuppukkoṭi

black flag in Marathi

flag used as a symbol of anarchism
काळा झेंडा kāḷā jheṇḍā, काळा ध्वज kāḷā dhvaj

black flag in Bengali

black flag, as shown to someone as a mark of dissent or protest
কালো পতাকা

black flag in Telugu

flag used as a symbol of anarchism
నల్ల జెండా nalla jeṇḍā

Forms of black flag

Noun
pluralblack flags
Verb
third-person singular presentblack flags
present participleblack flagging
past participleblack flagged
pastblack flagged

Words formed from black flag

  • Black Flag Army

Questions about black flag

What does black flag mean?
Black flag means a flag with a black color, used as a symbol of anarchism.
What is black flag in Tamil?
Black flag in Tamil is கறுப்புக்கொடி (kaṟuppukkoṭi). See Black flag meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is black flag?
Black flag can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of black flag?
The plural of black flag is black flags.

Words near black flag in the dictionary

  1. Black Ferns
  2. black fever
  3. black figure
  4. black finger crab
  5. black finger crabs
  6. black flag
  7. black flagged
  8. black flagging
  9. black flags
  10. black flight
  11. black flux

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: black flag (page history and authors); কালো পতাকা (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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