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flagwaving

flagwaving is the alternative form of flag-waving.

Meaning of flag-waving

Noun

flag-waving (uncountable)

  1. Highly vocal and visible support given to a cause.
    • I soon discovered that nobody seemed to want Anzacs in spite of their flag-waving and yapping before we left[.]1933, Frank Clune, Try Anything Once, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 122
  2. (dated) Undesirable horizontal skewing of frames in an analog video signal.
    • They eliminate picture rolls, tearing, flag waving, hue shift, skew error or color streaking.1973, Signals, volume 28, numbers 1-11, page 109

Questions about flagwaving

What is flagwaving the alternative form of?
Flagwaving is the alternative form of flag-waving.

Words near flagwaving in the dictionary

  1. flagstones
  2. flagtail
  3. flagtails
  4. flagwaver
  5. flagwavers
  6. flagwaving
  7. flagway
  8. flagwoman
  9. flagwomen
  10. flagworm
  11. flagworms

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