Definition of flounce

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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..

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Fling :: Fling (n.) A cast from the hand; a throw; also, a flounce; a kick; as, the fling of a horse..
Flounce :: 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 :: Flounce (v. t.) To deck with a flounce or flounces; as, to flounce a petticoat or a frock..
Flounce :: Flounce (n.) The act of floucing; a sudden, jerking motion of the body..
Fling :: Fling (v. i.) To throw; to wince; to flounce; as, the horse began to kick and fling..
Flounced :: Flounced (imp. & p. p.) of Flounc.
Frill :: Frill (v. i.) A border or edging secured at one edge and left free at the other, usually fluted or crimped like a very narrow flounce..
Flounce :: 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..
Flounder :: Flounder (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..
Wince :: Wince (v. i.) To kick or flounce when unsteady, or impatient at a rider; as, a horse winces..
Furbelow :: Furbelow (n.) A plaited or gathered flounce on a woman's garment.
Frounce :: Frounce (n.) A wrinkle, plait, or curl; a flounce; -- also, a frown..
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