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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