semaphore
noun
an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
semaphores
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present tense formof semaphore (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Today, to help relative newcomers navigate potential April Fool’s foibles, our crack “Now & Then” team shares some quirky codes and stubborn semaphores from “Then” days that persist in the “Now.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 30, 2023
“It looked like he was doing semaphores and flagging down airplanes,” O’Donnell said.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2019
It undermines the piety and ethical lapses in nonfiction mystery shows, while sharing with “Three Billboards” a belief in semaphores and that people aren’t any one thing.
From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2018
Witness the fact that mayoral candidates Zac Goldsmith and Sadiq Khan both sport similarly silver quiffs and it’s clear that grey hair no longer semaphores drabness within the political realm.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 4, 2016
Sends and receives messages by means of semaphores and other visual signals.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
