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meatball flag

meatball flag noun: a black flag with a solid orange circle, used to summon a damaged car to the pits for repairs.

meatball flag: a black flag with a solid orange circle, used to summon a damaged car to the pits for repairs
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Noun

meatball flag (plural meatball flags)

  1. (slang) A black flag with a solid orange circle, used to summon a damaged car to the pits for repairs.
  2. (historical, slang) A white flag with a solid red circle and sixteen red rays radiating from the central circle, used as a symbol of Imperial Japan.
    • Then came a report over the radio from one of St. Los pilots. He was reporting seeing ships, and they weren't American. Worse still, they were close. Incredulous, Admiral Sprague demanded confirmation, and, circling in closer, the pilot radioed back: "I can see pagoda masts. I see the biggest...2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 1:21 from the start, in The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?, archived from the original on 03 Nov 2022

Forms of meatball flag

pluralmeatball flags

Questions about meatball flag

What does meatball flag mean?
Meatball flag means a black flag with a solid orange circle, used to summon a damaged car to the pits for repairs.
What part of speech is meatball flag?
Meatball flag is a noun.
What is the plural of meatball flag?
The plural of meatball flag is meatball flags.

Words near meatball flag in the dictionary

  1. meataxe
  2. meataxes
  3. meatbag
  4. meatbags
  5. meatball
  6. meatball flag
  7. meatball flags
  8. meatball surgeries
  9. meatball surgery
  10. meatballs
  11. meatbally

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