flounce

flounce is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as intransitive verb, noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 16 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. 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.
2. noun. The act of floucing; a sudden, jerking motion of the body.
3. noun. 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.
4. transitive verb. To deck with a flounce or flounces; as, to flounce a petticoat or a frock.
5. noun. the act of walking with exaggerated jerky motions
6. noun. a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim

   Synonyms: frill, furbelow, ruffle

7. verb. walk emphatically

Synonyms

frill, furbelow, ruffle

Common word forms

flounced, flounces, flouncing

Words from these letters

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