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Flounce

Flounce Meaning & Definition
Flounce Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Flounce?

[n] the act of walking with exaggerated jerky motions
[n] a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
[v] walk emphatically

Synonyms | Synonyms for Flounce: frill | furbelow | ruffle

Related Terms | Find terms related to Flounce: amble | antic | barge | bead | beading | bejewel | beribbon | bespangle | binding | blunder | bob | bordering | bordure | bounce | bowl along | bundle | caper | capriole | caracole | careen | career | carry on | cavort | clump | crease | creasing | crimp | crisp | curvet | cut a dido | cut capers | cut up | dance | diamond | disport | dog-ear | double | double over | doubling | drag | droop | duplicature | edging | enfold | engrave | falter | feather | figure | filigree | fimbria | fimbriation | flag | flection | flexure | flick | fling | fling off | fling out | flip | flirt | flounce out | flounder | flower | flute | fold | fold over | fool around | foot | footslog | frill | frilling | fringe | frisk | frolic | furbelow | gait | galloon | gallop | gambado | gambol | garland | gather | gem | halt | hem | hippety-hop | hitch | hobble | hop | horse around | illuminate | infold | interfold | jerk | jewel | jig | jigger | jigget | jiggle | jog | joggle | jolt | jump | jump about | labor | lap over | lapel | lappet | limp | list | lock step | lumber | lunge | lurch | march | mince | mincing steps | motif | ornament | pace | paddle | paint | parade | peg | peplum | piaffe | piaffer | pitch | pitch and plunge | plait | plat | play | pleat | plica | plicate | plication | plicature | plod | pluck | plume | plunge | ply | prance | prink | quill | rack | ramp | reel | ribbon | rock | roll | rollick | romp | ruche | ruching | ruff | ruffle | sashay | saunter | scuff | scuffle | scuttle | seethe | selvage | shamble | shuffle | sidle | single-foot | skip | skirting | slink | slither | slog | slouch | slowness | snake | snatch | spangle | sport | stagger | stalk | stamp | start | step | stomp | storm | straddle | straggle | stride | stroll | strolling gait | struggle | strut | stumble | stump | sudden pull | swagger | sway | swing | thrash about | tinsel | tittup | toddle | toss | toss and tumble | toss and turn | totter | traipse | tread | trimming | trip | trot | trudge | tuck | tumble | turn over | tweak | twill | twist | twitch | valance | velocity | volutation | waddle | walk | wallop | wallow | wamble | welt | welter | wiggle | wobble | wreathe | wrench | yank | yerk

See Also | adornment | gait | gauffer | goffer | jabot | peplum | walk

Flounce In Webster's Dictionary

\Flounce\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flounced} (flounst); p. pr. & vb. n. {Flouncing}.] [Cf. OSw. flunsa to immerge.] To throw the limbs and body one way and the other; to spring, turn, or twist with sudden effort or violence; to struggle, as a horse in mire; to flounder; to throw one's self with a jerk or spasm, often as in displeasure. To flutter and flounce will do nothing but batter and bruise us. --Barrow. With his broad fins and forky tail he laves The rising sirge, and flounces in the waves. --Addison.
\Flounce\, n. The act of floucing; a sudden, jerking motion of the body.
\Flounce\, n. [Cf. G. flaus, flausch, a tuft of wool or hair; akin to vliess, E. fleece; or perh. corrupted fr. rounce.] An ornamental appendage to the skirt of a woman's dress, consisting of a strip gathered and sewed on by its upper edge around the skirt, and left hanging.
\Flounce\, v. t. To deck with a flounce or flounces; as, to flounce a petticoat or a frock.

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