"meatball flag" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: meatball flags [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} meatball flag (plural meatball flags)
  1. (motor racing, slang) A black flag with a solid orange circle, used to summon a damaged car to the pits for repairs. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Motor racing
    Sense id: en-meatball_flag-en-noun-KgfCzzok Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, motor-racing, racing, sports
  2. (slang, historical) A white flag with a solid red circle and sixteen red rays radiating from the central circle, used as a symbol of Imperial Japan. Tags: historical, slang
    Sense id: en-meatball_flag-en-noun-iLW7flLo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 71

Inflected forms

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