black flag

English

Noun

black flag (plural black flags)

1. Any flag that has a black, or predominantly black, color, (especially):
   1. A flag with a black color, used as a symbol of anarchism.
   2. A racing flag with a black color, used in auto racing to summon a driver to the pits.

Coordinate terms

colours of flags

• beige flag
• black flag
• blue flag
• chequered flag
• green flag
• pink flag
• red flag
• white flag
• yellow flag

 

Derived terms

• Black Flag Army

Translations

flag used as a symbol of anarchism

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黑旗 (hēiqí)

• Finnish: musta lippu
• French: drapeau noir (fr) m
• German: schwarze Fahne f
• Italian: bandiera nera f
• Marathi: काळा झेंडा m (kāḷā jheṇḍā), काळा ध्वज m (kāḷā dhvaj)
• Russian: чёрный флаг m (čórnyj flag)
• Spanish: bandera negra (es) f
• Telugu: నల్ల జెండా (nalla jeṇḍā)

racing flag

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: musta lippu
• German: schwarze Flagge f

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.
   • 1994, Shelby Cobra, page 112:

     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.

   • 2000, Mark Martin, NASCAR For Dummies, page 87:

     When a driver is black-flagged, he knows it.

See also

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