Definition of flounce Flounce

/flawˈns/ - [flawns] - flounce

We found 16 definitions of flounce from 5 different sources.

What does flounce mean?

Noun Plural: flounces
flounce - the act of walking with exaggerated jerky motions
		gait a person's manner of walking
flounce - a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
		frill, ruffle, furbelow
		adornment the action of decorating yourself with something colorful and interesting
		gauffer, goffer an ornamental frill made by pressing pleats
		jabot a ruffle on the front of a woman's blouse or a man's shirt
Verb flounces, flouncing, flounced
flounce - walk emphatically
		walk obtain a base on balls

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flounce (Noun)
A strip of decorative material, usually pleated, attached along one edge; a ruffle.
flounce (Noun)
The act of flouncing.
flounce (Verb)
To move in an exaggerated, bouncy manner.
flounce (Verb)
To flounder; to make spastic motions.
flounce (Verb)
To decorate with a flounce.
flounce (Verb)
To leave a group dramatically, in a way that draws attention to oneself.

flounce (v. i.)
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.
flounce (n.)
The act of floucing; a sudden, jerking motion of the body.
flounce (n.)
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.

flounce
flowns, v.i. to move abruptly or impatiently—n. an impatient gesture. [Prob. cog. with Norw. flunsa, to hurry, Sw. prov. flunsa, to souse.]
flounce
flowns, n. a plaited strip sewed to the skirt of a dress.—v.t. to furnish with flounces.—n. Floun′cing, material for flounces. [Earlier form frounce—O. Fr. fronce, fronche, prob. from L. frons, forehead; or Old High Ger. runza, a wrinkle, Ger. runze.]