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FLOUNCE
flounce
(noun) the act of walking with exaggerated jerky motions
frill, flounce, ruffle, furbelow
(noun) a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
flounce
(verb) walk emphatically
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
flounce (third-person singular simple present flounces, present participle flouncing, simple past and past participle flounced)
To move in an exaggerated, bouncy manner.
(archaic) To flounder; to make spastic motions.
To decorate with a flounce.
To depart in a haughty, dramatic way that draws attention to oneself.
Noun
flounce (plural flounces)
(sewing) A strip of decorative material, usually pleated, attached along one edge; a ruffle.W
The act of flouncing.
Source: Wiktionary
Flounce, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flounced (flounst); p. pr. & vb. n. Flouncing.] Etym: [Cf. OSw. flunsa to immerge.]
Definition: 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.
Definition: The act of floucing; a sudden, jerking motion of the body.
Flounce, n. Etym: [Cf. G. flaus, flausch, a tuft of wool or hair; akin to vliess, E. fleece; or perh. corrupted fr. rounce.]
Definition: 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.
Definition: To deck with a flounce or flounces; as, to flounce a petticoat or a frock.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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