"flag-waving" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: flag + waving Etymology templates: {{compound|en|flag|waving}} flag + waving Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} flag-waving (uncountable)
  1. Highly vocal and visible support given to a cause. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-flag-waving-en-noun-oxf~QpoI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 18
  2. (television) Undesirable horizontal skewing of frames in a video signal. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Television
    Sense id: en-flag-waving-en-noun-X~Lda3AM Topics: broadcasting, media, television
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: flag waving, flagwaving Related terms: flag-waver

Alternative forms

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