WordNet
flag waving
n. an appeal intended to arouse patriotic emotions [syn: jingoism]
Usage examples of "flag waving".
No one gave the order, no one tried to change the spirit of the men with mindless calls for boisterous flag waving.
Then he saw her-a small Portuguese brig, her blue and white flag waving in the breeze.
There was a flag waving over the fort on the peninsula - the red flag of Turkey, where no flag had flown yesterday, nor ever since his arrival in the Bay of Marmorice.
There was the fort on the crest and the Spanish flag waving over it.