Definition of "flatlining" [flatlining]

• Present participle of flatline. (verb)

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• "You can argue whether flatlining is an economy half-full or half-empty, but Gramm’s comments put out there the idea that a McCain administration would start from the basis of everything being peachy and it’s nothing that a few tax cuts for corporations and very rich people won’t sort out."
• "While seemingly dead -- and "flatlining" -- little Lily imagines she comes in contact with the man of her dreams and they make love, so that when she comes out of it in the hospital, she's got a new assignment for life: Find that guy and land him."
• "Thus, ending a show with Jack next to a primed bomb or Jack flatlining is ludicrous, because we know that the next show will begin with Jack getting out of the bomb’s range, and Jack will cough and sputter his way back to life."