Pointer and Flag

noun

• A mark to indicate a direction or relation.
  • synonyms: arrow
• An indicator as on a dial.
• Computer science) indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual display; moving it allows the user to point to commands or screen positions.
  • synonyms: cursor
• A strong slender smooth-haired dog of Spanish origin having a white coat with brown or black patches; scents out and points to game.
  • synonyms: Spanish pointer

• (n.) The two stars (Merak and Dubhe) in the Great Bear, the line between which points nearly in the direction of the north star.
• (n.) One who or that which, points.
• (n.) The hand of a timepiece.
• (n.) Diagonal braces sometimes fixed across the hold.
• (n.) One of a breed of dogs trained to stop at scent of game, and with the nose point it out to sportsmen.

noun

• Emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design.
• A listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc..
  • synonyms: masthead
• Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals.
  • synonyms: iris, fleur-de-lis, sword lily
• A rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device.
  • synonyms: signal flag
• Flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green.
  • synonyms: pin
• Stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones.
  • synonyms: flagstone
• A conspicuously marked or shaped tail.

verb

• Communicate or signal with a flag.
• Provide with a flag.
  • usage: "Flag this file so that I can recognize it immediately"
• Droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness.
  • synonyms: sag, droop, swag
• Decorate with flags.
  • usage: "the building was flagged for the holiday"
• Become less intense.
  • synonyms: ease up, ease off, slacken off

• (v.t.) To convey, as a message, by means of flag signals; as, to flag an order to troops or vessels at a distance.
• (n.) A cloth usually bearing a device or devices and used to indicate nationality, party, etc. or to give or ask information; -- commonly attached to a staff to be waved by the wind; a standard; a banner; an ensign; the colors; as, the national flag; a military or a naval flag.
• (v.t.) To signal to with a flag; as, to flag a train.
• (n.) The bushy tail of a dog, as of a setter.
• (n.) That which flags or hangs down loosely.
• (v.i.) To droop; to grow spiritless; to lose vigor; to languish; as, the spirits flag; the streugth flags.
• (v.t.) To let droop; to suffer to fall or let fall, into feebleness; as, to flag the wings.
• (n.) A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.
• (v.t.) To furnish or deck out with flags.
• (n.) A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks, owls, etc.
• (n.) A flat stone used for paving.
• (n.) Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones.
• (v.i.) To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.
• (n.) An aquatic plant, with long, ensiform leaves, belonging to either of the genera Iris and Acorus.
• (v.t.) To enervate; to exhaust the vigor or elasticity of.
• (v.t.) To lay with flags of flat stones.
• (v.t.) To decoy (game) by waving a flag, handkerchief or the like to arouse the animal's curiosity.
• (n.) One of the wing feathers next the body of a bird; -- called also flag feather.

Flag is a pattern reflecting price fluctuations within a narrow range, generating a rectangular area on a graph both prior to and after sharp rises or declines.