FLOUNCE
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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 (?), n. The act of floucing; a sudden, jerking motion of the body.
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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, v. t. To deck with a flounce or flounces; as, to flounce a petticoat or a frock.
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