Dictionary Entry
flounder
flounder is a 8-letter English word with 8 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae, of many species. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 8 senses
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- 1noun
A flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae, of many species.
- 2noun
A tool used in crimping boot fronts.
- 3intransitive verb
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.
- 4noun
The act of floundering.
- 5noun
any of various European and non-European marine flatfish
- 6noun
flesh of any of various American and European flatfish
- 7verb
walk with great difficulty
"He staggered along in the heavy snow"
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- 8verb
behave awkwardly; have difficulties
"She is floundering in college"
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