Pennant

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Nautical A long, tapering, usually triangular flag, used on ships for signaling or identification.
  • n. A flag or an emblem similar in shape to a ship's pennant.
  • n. Sports A flag that symbolizes the championship of a league, especially a professional baseball league.
  • n. Sports The championship symbolized by such a flag.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A flag normally used by naval vessels to represent a special condition.
  • n. The winning of a competition, represented by a flag.
  • n. A rope or strap to which a purchase is hooked.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A small flag; a pennon. The narrow pennant, or long pennant (called also whip or coach whip) is a long, narrow piece of bunting, carried at the masthead of a government vessel in commission. The board pennant is an oblong, nearly square flag, carried at the masthead of a commodore's vessel.
  • n. A rope or strap to which a purchase is hooked.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A flag long in the fly as compared with its hoist.
  • n. A pointed or swallow tailed flag having its fly about twice its hoist, used especially to denote the rank of the commanding or senior officer on board the ship when it is hoisted: also called broad pennant.
  • n. Any flag taken us an emblem of superiority, particularly in athletic contests.
  • n. Nautical, a short piece of rope to which a tackle is hooked. See pendant, 5 .
  • n. In musical notation, the hook or stroke that distinguishes an eighth-, sixteenth-, or thirty-second-note from a quarter-note.
  • n. See the qualifying words.
  • n. Same as Irish pendant (which see, under pendant).
  • n. In geology, a local name for a series of sandstones, barren of coal, which are found between the upper and lower coal-measures of South Wales: as, Pennant grit, Pennant stone.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a flag longer than it is wide (and often tapering)
  • n. a long flag; often tapering
  • n. the award given to the champion
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    signal flag    flag    honour    honor    award    laurels    accolade   
    Hyponym
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    flat   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    lieutenant    tenant   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    streamer    pennon    banner    kerchief    insignia    guidon    bandanna    surcoat    awning    scarf