noun. A long, tapering, usually triangular flag, used on ships for signaling or identification.

noun. A flag or an emblem similar in shape to a ship's pennant.

noun. undefined

noun. A flag that symbolizes the championship of a league, especially a professional baseball league.

noun. The championship symbolized by such a flag.

noun. In geology, a local name for a series of sandstones, barren of coal, which are found between the upper and lower coal-measures of South Wales: as, Pennant grit, Pennant stone.

noun. A flag long in the fly as compared with its hoist.

noun. A pointed or swallow tailed flag having its fly about twice its hoist, used especially to denote the rank of the commanding or senior officer on board the ship when it is hoisted: also called broad pennant.

noun. Any flag taken us an emblem of superiority, particularly in athletic contests.

noun. Nautical, a short piece of rope to which a tackle is hooked. See pendant, 5 .

noun. In musical notation, the hook or stroke that distinguishes an eighth-, sixteenth-, or thirty-second-note from a quarter-note.

noun. See the qualifying words.

noun. Same as Irish pendant (which see, under pendant).

noun. A small flag; a pennon. The narrow pennant, or long pennant (called also whip or coach whip) is a long, narrow piece of bunting, carried at the masthead of a government vessel in commission. The board pennant is an oblong, nearly square flag, carried at the masthead of a commodore's vessel.

noun. A rope or strap to which a purchase is hooked.

noun. A flag normally used by naval vessels to represent a special condition.

noun. The winning of a competition, represented by a flag.

noun. A rope or strap to which a purchase is hooked.

noun. a flag longer than it is wide (and often tapering)

noun. a long flag; often tapering

noun. the award given to the champion

"Yankees manager Joe Girardi said losing the American League pennant is a tough way to end the season."

accolade  award  flag  honor  honour  

board pennant  long pennant  narrow pennant  

lieutenant  tenant  

awning  bandanna  banner  brocade  bunting  

Dannebrog  Jolly Roger  Old Glory  Star-Spangled Banner  Stars and Stripes