Flounder
['flaʊndə] or ['flaʊndɚ]
Definition
(noun.) any of various European and non-European marine flatfish.
(noun.) flesh of any of various American and European flatfish.
(verb.) behave awkwardly; have difficulties; 'She is floundering in college'.
Inputed by Henrietta--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae, of many species.
(n.) A tool used in crimping boot fronts.
(v. i.) 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.
(n.) The act of floundering.
Typist: Sean
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Struggle (as an animal in the mire), toss, tumble, wallow, flounce, toss about.
Editor: Rochelle
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Roll, blunder, bungle, boggle, wallow, tumble
ANT:Emerge, flow, course, career, speed, rise, flourish, skim
Typed by Avery
Definition
n. a small flat-fish generally found in the sea near the mouth of rivers.
v.i. to struggle with violent and awkward motion: to stumble helplessly in thinking or speaking.
Checker: Marsha
Examples
- Lying on the flat of his back like a drifting old dead flounder, here's your old Bill Barley, bless your eyes. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The pace was suddenly checked, and, with much splashing and floundering, a man's voice called from the mist, Is that the Dover mail? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The only chance is that, since the best thing won't always do, floundering may answer for once. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- A little floundering across the sand, which was heavy, brought me to the door, and I went in. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- She fell into the pit first, and she floundered deepest. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Her question pulled him up with a jerk, and he floundered. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Mr. Franklin shut up ROBINSON CRUSOE, and floundered into his German-English gibberish on the spot. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He floundered in his conversation with the ladies, his neighbours: George's coolness only rendering him more angry. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The ichthyosauri were not proud: they crawled and floundered as we do. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The drives were ill kept, and the neat carriage splashed and floundered in muddy pools along the road. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- They sometimes slipped and floundered for a mile together, and we were obliged to come to a standstill to rest them. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Typed by Darla