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[floun-der] 
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually fol. by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering about in the water. |
| 2. | to struggle clumsily or helplessly: He floundered helplessly on the first day of his new job. |
floun⋅der
2 [floun-der] –noun, plural (especially collectively
) -der, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -ders.
) -der, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -ders. | 1. | a European, marine flatfish, Platichthys flesus, used for food. |
| 2. | any of numerous similar or closely related non-European flatfishes. |
| 3. | any flatfish other than soles. |
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < AF floundre < Scand; cf. Norw flundra
1400–50; late ME < AF floundre < Scand; cf. Norw flundra
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| floun·der 2 (floun'dər) n. pl. flounder or floun·ders Any of various marine flatfishes of the families Bothidae and Pleuronectidae, which include important food fishes. [Middle English, from Anglo-Norman floundre, of Scandinavian origin; see plat- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Flounder
Floun"der\, n. [Cf. Sw. flundra; akin to Dan. flynder, Icel. fly?ra, G. flunder, and perh. to E. flounder, v.i.]1. (Zo["o]l.) A flatfish of the family Pleuronectid[ae], of many species. Note: The common English flounder is Pleuronectes flesus. There are several common American species used as food; as the smooth flounder (P. glabra); the rough or winter flounder (P. Americanus); the summer flounder, or plaice (Paralichthys dentatus), Atlantic coast; and the starry flounder (Pleuronectes stellatus). 2. (Bootmaking) A tool used in crimping boot fronts.Flounder
Floun"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Floundered; p. pr. & vb. n. Floundering.] [Cf. D. flodderen to flap, splash through mire, E. flounce, v.i., and flounder the fish.] 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. They have floundered on from blunder to blunder. --Sir W. Hamilton.Flounder
Floun"der\, n. The act of floundering.
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Language Translation for : Flounder
Spanish:
patalear,
German:
zappeln,
Japanese:
もがく
flounder (v.)
1592, perhaps an alteration of founder (q.v.), infl. by Du. flodderen "to flop about," or native verbs in fl- expressing clumsy motion.
flounder (n.)
"flatfish," c.1304, from Anglo-Fr. floundre, from O.N.Fr. flondre, from O.N. flydhra, related to M.L.G. vlundere, cognate with Gk. platys "flat, wide, broad" (see place (n.)).
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