flag-waving

[ flag-wey-ving ]
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noun
  1. an ostentatiously emotional display of patriotism or factionalism.

Origin of flag-waving

1
First recorded in 1890–95

Words Nearby flag-waving

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How to use flag-waving in a sentence

  • I saw a small flag waving from a window, and wishing to find out what sort of a Union man resided there, rang the bell.

    The Boys of '61 | Charles Carleton Coffin.
  • Now look at the flag waving from the top of the staff yonder.

  • His eyes kept straying to the rioting, flag-waving grand-stands.

    Rough-Hewn | Dorothy Canfield
  • The Canadians are no more desirous of seeing England's flag waving over their lands than we are ourselves.

    French and English | Evelyn Everett-Green
  • He did not pause till he came in sight of the old flag waving above the school.

    The Hero of Garside School | J. Harwood Panting

British Dictionary definitions for flag-waving

flag-waving

noun
  1. informal

    • an emotional appeal or display intended to arouse patriotic or nationalistic feeling

    • (as modifier): a flag-waving speech

Derived forms of flag-waving

  • flag-waver, noun

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