flag-waving

noun

flag-wav·​ing ˈflag-ˌwā-viŋ 

: passionate appeal to patriotic or partisan sentiment : chauvinism

Examples of flag-waving in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Among the celebrations: a massive fireworks display at Mount Rushmore on July 3, 2026, and what organizers hope is the single-largest flag-waving celebration in history. —Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 6 July 2025

There is a lot of flag-waving, Americana and anthem-singing. —Michelle Tauber, People.com, 4 July 2025

According to a 1985 story by W. Gardner Selby published in Third Coast magazine, Austin Mayor Travis LaRue led a flag-waving Loyalty Day parade down Congress Avenue just before the biggest 1970 antiwar marches. —Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025

Arizona Republic columnist Phil Boas warned in an article earlier this year that Mexican flag-waving protesters could be doing a disservice to their cause. —Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 9 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1892, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for flag-waving

• behaving
• engraving
• enslaving
• lifesaving
• repaving
• autoclaving
• misbehaving
• braving
• caving
• craving
• graving
• laving