About The Word Flounder
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Flounder
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What's The Definition Of Flounder?
[n] any of various European and non-European marine flatfish
[n] flesh of any of various American and European flatfish [v] behave awkwardly; have difficulties; "She is floundering in college" [v] walk with great difficulty; as in snow or mud Synonyms | Synonyms for Flounder: stagger Related Terms | Find terms related to Flounder: agonize over | alternate | back and fill | be all thumbs | be at sea | be hard put | be uncertain | beat about | blunder | blunder away | blunder into | blunder on | blunder upon | boggle | botch | bumble | bungle | butcher | capsize | careen | career | come a cropper | commit a gaffe | doubt | ebb and flow | fall | fall down | fall flat | fall headlong | fall over | fall prostrate | falter | faux pas | feel unsure | flounce | fluctuate | fumble | get a cropper | go through phases | grope | grovel | have trouble | heave | hobbyhorse | labor | labor under difficulties | list | lumber | lurch | make heavy weather | mar | miscue | muddle | muff | murder | oscillate | pendulate | pitch | pitch and plunge | pitch and toss | play havoc with | plunge | pound | puzzle over | question | rear | reel | ring the changes | rock | roll | scend | seesaw | seethe | shift | shuffle | slip | spoil | sprawl | spread-eagle | stagger | strive | struggle | stumble | sway | swing | take a fall | take a flop | take a header | take a pratfall | take a spill | teeter | teeter-totter | thrash about | tilt | toil | topple | topple down | topple over | toss | toss and tumble | toss and turn | totter | travail | trip | tumble | turn | turn turtle | vacillate | vary | volutation | walk on eggshells | wallop | wallow | waver | wax and wane | welter | wobble | wonder | wonder whether | yaw See Also | fight | flatfish | flatfish | lemon sole | plaice | sand dab | struggle | turbot | walk | winter flounder | yellowtail flounder Flounder In Webster's Dictionary \Floun"der\, n. [Cf. Sw. flundra; akin to Dan. flynder,
Icel. fly?ra, G. flunder, and perh. to E. flounder, v.i.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A flatfish of the family {Pleuronectid[ae]}, of
many species.
Note: The common English flounder is {Pleuronectes flesus}.
There are several common American species used as food;
as the smooth flounder ({P. glabra}); the rough or
winter flounder ({P. Americanus}); the summer flounder,
or plaice ({Paralichthys dentatus}), Atlantic coast;
and the starry flounder ({Pleuronectes stellatus}).
2. (Bootmaking) A tool used in crimping boot fronts.
\Floun"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Floundered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Floundering}.] [Cf. D. flodderen to flap, splash through mire, E. flounce, v.i., and flounder the fish.] To fling the limbs and body, as in making efforts to move; to struggle, as a horse in the mire, or as a fish on land; to roll, toss, and tumble; to flounce. They have floundered on from blunder to blunder. --Sir W. Hamilton. \Floun"der\, n. The act of floundering. |
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