flounce (redirected from flounciest)

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.

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

b. 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.]

---

flounce ¹

Verb

[flouncing, flounced]

to move or go with emphatic movements

Noun

the act of flouncing [Scandinavian]

---

flounce ²

Noun

an ornamental frill on a garment or tablecloth [Old French froncir to wrinkle]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	flounce - a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim furbelow, ruffle, frill adornment - a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness gauffer, goffer - an ornamental frill made by pressing pleats jabot - a ruffle on the front of a woman's blouse or a man's shirt peplum - a flared ruffle attached to the waistline of a dress or jacket or blouse
	2.	flounce - the act of walking with exaggerated jerky motions gait - a person's manner of walking
Verb	1.	flounce - walk emphatically walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet"

---

flounce

verb (often with out, away, out, etc) bounce, storm, stamp, go quickly, throw, spring, toss, fling, jerk

Translations

flounce [flauns] n → volante m

flounce in vi → entrar con gesto exagerado

flounce out vi → salir con gesto airado

---

flounce [flauns] n → volant m

flounce out vi → sortir dans un mouvement d'humeur

---

flounce [flauns] n → Volant m

flounce out flounce vi → hinausstolzieren

---

flounce [flauns] n → balzo

flounce out vi → uscire stizzito/a

---

flounce¹

v flounce [flauns]

(usually without, ~awayetc) to move (away) in anger, impatience etc She flounced out of the room. uitstorm يَنْدَفِع غاضِبا буйствам naštvaně odejít marchere; spankulere erregt stürmen στριφογυρίζω από ανυπομονησία, θυμό κτλ. salir/entrar airadamente (välja) marssima با عصبانیت حرکت کردن marssia sortir/entrer (dans un mouvement d'indignation) לַנוּעַ בְּקוֹצֶר רוּחַ आवेश में चल देना izjuriti (iz sobe), hodati ljutito kipenderül pergi dengan marah strunsa, rigsa precipitarsi ぷいと飛び出す 화가 나거나 초조해서 뛰어나가다[] išdumti, išrūkti drāzties; mesties pergi dengan marah stormen stryke/bruse ut av wypaść, wybiec precipitar-se a intra/a ieşi nervos бросаться nahnevane odísť planiti odjuriti rusa, störta กระฟัดกระเฟียด fırlamak, atılmak 憤然/不耐煩地離去 кидатися; вискочити غصے میں بھڑک کر چلے جانا đi hối hả 突然离去