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flounce

1  [flouns] verb, flounced, flounc⋅ing, noun
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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.
–noun
3. an act or instance of flouncing; a flouncing movement.
Origin:
1535–45; of obscure orig.; perh. akin to Norw flunsa to hurry

Synonyms:
1. storm, bound, prance, bounce.
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2  [flouns] noun, verb, flounced, flounc⋅ing.
–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; alter. of frounce
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flounce 1   (flouns)   
n.  A strip of decorative, usually gathered or pleated material attached by one edge, as on a garment or curtain.
tr.v.   flounced, flounc·ing, flounc·es
To trim with a strip or strips of gathered or pleated material.

[Alteration of frounce, from Middle English, pleat, from Old French fronce, of Germanic origin; see sker-2 in Indo-European roots.]
flounce 2   (flouns)   
intr.v.   flounced, flounc·ing, flounc·es

    1. To move in a lively or bouncy manner: The children flounced around the room in their costumes.

    2. To move with exaggerated or affected motions: flounced petulantly out of the house.

  2. To move clumsily; flounder.

n.  The act or motion of flouncing.

[Possibly of Scandinavian origin.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

flounce  (v.)
1542, "to dash, plunge, flop," perhaps from Scand. (cf. dial. Sw. flunsa "to plunge," Norw. flunsa "to hurry," but first record of these is 200 years later than the Eng. word), said to be of imitative origin. Spelling likely influenced by bounce. Sense of "anger, impatience" began to adhere to the word 18c.

flounce  (n.)
"wide ruffle," 1713, from M.E. frounce "pleat, wrinkle, fold" (1378), from O.Fr. fronce "fold, gather, wrinkle," from Frank. *hrunkja "wrinkle," of unknown origin. Influenced in form by flounce (v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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