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Exact Match:

flag down: signal to stop; "Let's flag down a cab--it's starting to rain"; "The policeman flagged down our car"

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Jolly Roger collapse

Union Jack collapse: national flag of the United Kingdom

Stars and Stripes collapse

bunting collapse: any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America; a loosely woven fabric used for flags, etc.

pennant collapse: a long flag; often tapering; the award given to the champion; a flag longer than it is wide (and often tapering)

banneret collapse

tricolor collapse: a flag having three colored stripes (especially the French flag)

semaphore collapse: an apparatus for visual signaling with lights or mechanically moving arms; convey by semaphore, of information; send signals by or as if by semaphore

blinker collapse: a light that flashes on and off; used as a signal or to send messages; a blinking light on a motor vehicle that indicates the direction in which the vehicle is about to turn; put blinders on (a horse)

stop light collapse

traffic light collapse: a visual signal to control the flow of traffic at intersections

white flag collapse: flag consisting of a piece of white cloth that is hoisted to signal surrender or to ask for a truce

Roman candle collapse: a cylindrical firework that projects a series of colored balls of fire

colors collapse: a flag that shows its nationality; a distinguishing emblem; "his tie proclaimed his school colors"

police whistle collapse

foghorn collapse: a warning device consisting of a horn that generates a loud low tone; a loud low warning signal that can be heard by fogbound ships

red flag collapse: something that irritates or demands immediate action; "doing that is like waving a red flag in front of a bull"; the emblem of socialist revolution; a flag that serves as a warning signal; "we didn't swim at the beach because the red flag was up"

red light collapse: the signal to stop; a cautionary sign of danger

streamer collapse: a newspaper headline that runs across the full page; light that streams; "streamers of flames"

high sign collapse: a silent signal of warning or recognition; "she started to speak but he gave her the high sign"

leer collapse: a suggestive or sneering look or grin; look suggestively or obliquely; look or gaze with a sly, immodest, or malign expression; "The men leered at the young women on the beach"

balefire collapse

green light collapse: permission to proceed with a project or to take action; "the gave the green light for construction to begin"; a signal to proceed

wigwag collapse: signal by or as if by a flag or light waved according to a code; send a signal by waving a flag or a light according to a certain code

straw in the wind collapse

ensign collapse: colors flown by a ship to show its nationality; a person who holds a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant junior grade

jingoism collapse

buoy collapse: bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards; mark with a buoy; keep afloat; "The life vest buoyed him up"; float on the surface of water

buzzer collapse: a signaling device that makes a buzzing sound

SOS collapse: an internationally recognized distress signal in radio code

Mayday collapse: an internationally recognized distress signal via radiotelephone (from the French m'aider)

tocsin collapse: a bell used to sound an alarm; the sound of an alarm (usually a bell)

all clear collapse: permission to proceed because obstacles have been removed; a signal (usually a siren) that danger is over

handwriting on the wall collapse

wink collapse: closing one eye quickly as a signal; signal by winking; "She winked at him"; force to go away by blinking; "blink away tears"

signalize collapse: make conspicuous or noteworthy; point out carefully and clearly; provide with traffic signals; "signalize a busy intersection"

Klaxon collapse: a kind of loud horn formerly used on motor vehicles

fire bell collapse: a bell rung to give a fire alarm

peace offering collapse: something offered to an adversary in the hope of obtaining peace

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