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verb (used without object)
1.
to go with impatient or impetuous, exaggerated movements: The star flounced out of the studio in a rage.
2.
to throw the body about spasmodically; flounder.
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Origin:
1535–45; of obscure origin; perhaps akin to Norwegian flunsa to hurry
1535–45; of obscure origin; perhaps akin to Norwegian flunsa to hurry
Synonyms
1. storm, bound, prance, bounce.
1. storm, bound, prance, bounce.
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noun
1.
a strip of material gathered or pleated and attached at one edge, with the other edge left loose or hanging: used for trimming, as on the edge of a skirt or sleeve or on a curtain, slipcover, etc.
verb (used with object)
2.
to trim with flounces.
Origin:
1665–75; alteration of frounce
1665–75; alteration of frounce
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Word Origin & History
flounce
1540s, "to dash, plunge, flop," perhaps from Scandinavian (cf. dialectal Swed. flunsa "to plunge," Norw. flunsa "to hurry," but first record of these is 200 years later than the English word), said to be of imitative origin. Spelling likely influenced by bounce. Sense of "anger, impatience" began to
EXPAND adhere to the word 18c. Related: Flounced; flouncing. As a noun, from 1580s.
flounce
"wide ruffle," 1713, from M.E. frounce "pleat, wrinkle, fold" (late 14c.), from O.Fr. fronce "fold, gather, wrinkle," from Frankish *hrunkja "wrinkle," of unknown origin. Influenced in form by flounce (v.).
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