Flounce
[flaʊns]
Definition
(noun.) the act of walking with exaggerated jerky motions.
(verb.) walk emphatically.
Inputed by Julio--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
(n.) The act of floucing; a sudden, jerking motion of the body.
(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.
(v. t.) To deck with a flounce or flounces; as, to flounce a petticoat or a frock.
Typed by Eddie
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. [1]. Fling, wince, fly into violent motions (as an animal in a passion).[2]. Flounder, toss about.
n. [1]. Jerk, throe, spring.[2]. Frill (on a gown, &c.), furbelow.
Inputed by Artie
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See FLAUNT]
Editor: Omar
Definition
n. a plaited strip sewed to the skirt of a dress.—v.t. to furnish with flounces.—n. Floun′cing material for flounces.
v.i. to move abruptly or impatiently—n. an impatient gesture.
Typed by Anton
Examples
- Twice she reappeared at intervals of a few minutes and each time she said-- Not any flounce into the pond yet, little man? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- And if you hear a frog jump into the pond with a flounce like a stone thrown in, be sure you run and tell me, because it is a sign of rain. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The stone fell with a flounce, but no Wildeve appeared on the other side, as on a previous occasion there. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Their female costume became astonishingly modern in style; their women wore corsets and flounced dresses. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Thus saying, Mr. Bumble put on his cocked hat wrong side first, in a fever of parochial excitement; and flounced out of the shop. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- And Tom flounced over, untucking and disarranging everything, in a manner frightful to behold. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Look, how muddy his horse is, flouncing about in the swamp; the dogs, too, look rather crestfallen. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Posted at Greenwich, and dated this morning,' said the Irrepressible, flouncing at her father in handing him the evidence. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Have a little drop, do'ee now, Mrs. Raggles, the cook was saying as Becky entered, the white cashmere dressing-gown flouncing around her. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Typist: Vilma