flagging

Other forms of flagging

plural

flaggings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about flagging

What does flagging mean?

flagging means "flagstones collectively". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in flagging?

flagging has 2 syllables: flag-ging. The stress falls on "flag". In IPA it is /ˈflæɡɪŋ/.

What is another word for flagging?

Close synonyms include drooping. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is flagging a common word?

flagging is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with flagging?

1 word rhymes with flagging. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.