Flounce \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.
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Flounce \Flounce\, v. t.
To deck with a flounce or flounces; as, to flounce a
petticoat or a frock.
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Flounce \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.
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To flutter and flounce will do nothing but batter and
bruise us. --Barrow.
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With his broad fins and forky tail he laves
The rising sirge, and flounces in the waves. --Addison.
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Flounce \Flounce\, n.
The act of floucing; a sudden, jerking motion of the body.
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flounce
n 1: a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
[syn: frill, ruffle, furbelow]
2: the act of walking with exaggerated jerky motions
v : walk emphatically
WordNet (r) 2.0
236 Moby Thesaurus words for "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,
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Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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