Word Meaning

flounce definition and meaning

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

Crossword clues for flounce

- Dress ruffle
- Frill
- Go off in a huff to get small liquid measure
- Go off in a huff to get small measure
- Move huffily
- Sashay