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burgee

noun

Definition of burgee

as in semaphore

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Recent Examples of burgee One tattoo of goats with a Bayview Yacht Club flag, known as a burgee, signifies his first 25 races from Port Huron to Mackinac. — Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 24 July 2021 The men, down to a 7-year-old sailor named Hank, had gold buttons on their blue blazers and red neckties bearing the club burgee. — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Apr. 2021 Outside was given a nautical motif with burgees placed in flowering pots, flags hanging from railings highlighting blue-and-white life preservers personalized with the debs' names. — Sue Strachan, NOLA.com, 19 July 2017 The county seal appears on a light blue burgee, which is considered to be the first Ohio county flag that is the same shape as the Ohio flag. — cleveland.com, 13 July 2017

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Noun

The Jeep struck a semaphore pole, severing the vehicle in two.

— Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 16 Apr. 2026
But even for an expert, fluency in the complex language of corner semaphore isn’t an essential for youngsters enjoying the game at grassroots level.

— Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2025

Definition of semaphore

Noun

Protesters were on New Delhi's streets until the evening, singing, sloganeering, waving the Indian tricolor flag.

— Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 20 July 2026
The tricolor at the top of both the badge and the shield represents the colors of the Italian flag.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 July 2026

Definition of tricolor

Noun

Lelouch was given the insignia of Commandeur de l’ordre national du Mérite, which is roughly equivalent to the British rank of Commander.

— Tom Tapp, Deadline, 15 July 2026
If signed into law, students who are awarded the seal would receive an insignia on their diplomas or transcripts.

— Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026

Definition of insignia

Noun

In satellite data captured over Antarctica, what appears to be a beautiful, colorful hummingbird emerges from the crest of a mountaintop.

— Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 23 July 2026
The following day, the club’s crest took pride of place on the front of national newspapers.

— Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 20 July 2026

Definition of crest

Noun

In one image, a young sitter with the Arabic word for ‘justice’ painted on her cheek gazes sensuously into the camera, while flooding the frame with wafts of smoke.

— Michael-Oliver Harding, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
At lunchtime, Bosnian and English bounce between the tables while delicious aromas waft in from the kitchen.

— Timothy DePeugh, Southern Living, 25 July 2026

Definition of waft

Noun

Travis Gabriel at Olympia High and Marlin Roberts at Kissimmee Gateway throw up their arms as if to surrender with a white flag.

— Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 July 2026
These agreements secured a multibillion dollar revenue stream, but directly benefited xAI’s biggest rivals — and in a way, waved a big white flag.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 16 July 2026

Definition of white flag

Noun

Downtown San Diego has been transformed into a haphazard movie set with numerous activities for locals without a Comic-Con International badge.

— Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2026
On the aesthetic side, the keyboard has strange flourishes such as a magnetic badge on the side.

— Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 21 July 2026

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