pennant

IPA: pˈɛnʌnt

noun

  • A flag normally used by naval vessels to represent a special condition.
  • The broad pennant flown by commodores.
  • The church pennant indicating religious services are taking place aboard ship.
  • The commissioning pennant flown on ceremonial occasions.
  • (sports) The winning of a competition, represented by a flag.
  • A commemorative flag, traditionally triangular and made of felt, typically used to show support for a particular athletic team.
  • A rope or strap to which a purchase is hooked.
  • A sandstone between coal measures in parts of South Wales
  • Either of two species of libellulid dragonfly of the genus Macrodiplax, of the tropics and subtropics.
  • A surname.
  • A number of places in Wales:
  • A village in Dyffryn Arth community, Ceredigion (OS grid ref SN5163).
  • A hamlet in Conwy county borough (OS grid ref SH8759).
  • A hamlet in Denbighshire (OS grid ref SJ0234).
  • A small settlement in Gwynedd (OS grid ref SH9020).
  • A small village in Powys (OS grid ref SN8897).
  • A village in the Rural Municipality of Riverside No. 168, Saskatchewan, Canada.
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Examples of "pennant" in Sentences

  • The team won the league pennant.
  • The team won the pennant again in 1935.
  • Of course, it was the heat of the pennant race.
  • The ship flew the pennant of the New York Yacht Club.
  • Under the new nickname, the franchise took the 1991 pennant.
  • The club had won the pennant in 1976 and the World Series in 1977.
  • The pennant race was coming down to the last weekend of the season.
  • The Giants were battling for the pennant with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
  • It was the bottom of the ninth inning, in the middle of a pennant chase.
  • A feisty skipper, Blades guided the Cardinals back into the pennant race.

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