flounce.
To move in a bouncy, exaggerated manner.
Meaning & usage
To move in a bouncy, exaggerated manner.
To depart in a dramatic, haughty way that draws attention to oneself.
After failing to win the leadership election, he flounced dramatically.
To flounder; to make spastic motions.
To decorate with a flounce.
Where this word comes from
Probably of North Germanic origin, from Norwegian flunsa (“hurry”), perhaps ultimately imitative. Or, perhaps formed on the pattern of pounce, bounce.
A strip of decorative material, usually pleated, attached along one edge; a ruffle.
The act of flouncing; a dramatic departure.
A row of corrugations, skin folds, or spines, on the hemipenis of a snake.
Where this word comes from
Probably of North Germanic origin, from Norwegian flunsa (“hurry”), perhaps ultimately imitative. Or, perhaps formed on the pattern of pounce, bounce.
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