Sekirov Dictionary

black flag

noun 4
verb 1
forms 3

noun4

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

verb1

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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

forms

black flagged · black flagging · black flags

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