flag v.2
1. (US Und.) to release from custody.
Keys to Crookdom 405: Flagged. Released from custody. |
2. (US Und.) to arrest.
‘Jargon of the Und.’ in DN V 446: Flag, (2) To be arrested. | ||
‘Return of Honky-Tonk Bud’ in Life (1976) 62: They got me up tight, and you know that ain’t right. / In fact they even flagged me wrong. | et al.||
Blueschild Baby 55: Her son came by [...] don’t know nothing bout no dope. They flagged him in the hall and put some stuff in his pocket. Breeze her old man got busted too. |
3. (US campus, also fly a flag) to fail a test or examination; thus to get a grade F in an examination.
College Terms 3: Flag a test – Flunk a test [HDAS]. | ||
AS XXXVIII:3 168: To fail to pass an examination: flag. | ‘Kansas University Sl.: A New Generation’ in||
Wisconsin State Jrnl 17 Jan 1-2: Getting an ‘A’ on a test is ‘aceing’ it or ‘hooking’ it. Getting an ‘F’ or failing is called ‘flagging’. | ||
Current Sl. I:1 2/2: Flying a flag Failing a test or course. | ||
Current Sl. III:1 6: Flag, v. To fail. | ||
Campus Sl. Fall 3: flag – to fail a test or course. | ||
Campus Sl. Oct. | ||
Sl. and Sociability 34: flag ‘make the grade F’ (‘I’m afraid I flagged that test’). |
4. (US campus) to fail to attend a class.
Street Talk 2 17: She’s gonna fail if she keeps flagging class all the time. |
5. (N.Z., also flag away) to give something up, to abandon.
Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl. 78: flag/flag away Give something up, lose patience or confidence. |