flagwaving

English

noun
Definitions
  • Highly vocal and visible support given to a cause.
  • (television) Undesirable horizontal skewing of frames in a video signal.

Etymology

Compound from English flag (computer science true-or-false value, either recording the fact that a certain event has occurred requesting that a certain optional action take place, flag) + English waving.

Origin

English

waving

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms