Definitions for FLOUNDER
ˈflaʊn dərfloun·der

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. floundernoun

   flesh of any of various American and European flatfish

2. flounderverb

   any of various European and non-European marine flatfish

3. stagger, flounderverb

   walk with great difficulty

   "He staggered along in the heavy snow"

4. flounderverb

   behave awkwardly; have difficulties

   "She is floundering in college"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. flounderverb

   To flop around as a fish out of water.

2. flounderverb

   To make clumsy attempts to move or regain one's balance.

   Robert yanked Connie's leg vigorously, causing her to flounder and eventually fall.

3. flounder

   To act clumsily or confused; to struggle or be flustered.

   He gave a good speech, but floundered when audience members asked questions he could not answer well.

4. Etymology: From flyðra\. Cognate with Danish flynder, German Flunder, Swedish flundra.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Floundernoun

   The name of a small flat fish.

   Etymology: flynder, Danish; fluke, Scottish.

   Like the flounder, out of the frying-pan into the fire. William Camden.

   Flounders will both thrive and breed in any pond. John Mortimer.

2. To Flounderverb

   To struggle with violent and irregular motions: as a horse in the mire.

   Etymology: from flounce.

   Down goes at once the horseman and the horse;
   That courser stumbles on the fallen steed,
   And flound’ring throws the rider o’er his head. Dryden.

   The more inform’d, the less he understood,
   And deeper sunk by flound’ring in the mud. Dryden.

   He champs the bit, impatient of his loss,
   And starts aside, and flounders at the cross. Dryden.

   He plung’d for sense, but found no bottom there;
   Then writ and flounder’d on, in mere despair. Alexander Pope, Dunc.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Flounder

   Flounders are a group of flatfish species. They are demersal fish, found at the bottom of oceans around the world; some species will also enter estuaries.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Floundernoun

   a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae, of many species

2. Floundernoun

   a tool used in crimping boot fronts

3. Flounderverb

   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

4. Floundernoun

   the act of floundering

5. Etymology: [Cf. Sw. flundra; akin to Dan. flynder, Icel. flyra, G. flunder, and perh. to E. flounder, v.i.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Flounder

   Flounder are a group of flatfish species. They are demersal fish found at the bottom of coastal lagoons and estuaries of the Northern Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Flounder

   flown′dėr, v.i. to struggle with violent and awkward motion: to stumble helplessly in thinking or speaking. [Prob. an onomatopœic blending of the sound and sense of earlier words like founder, blunder. Skeat compares Dut. flodderen, to splash.]

2. Flounder

   flown′dėr, n. a small flat-fish, generally found in the sea near the mouth of rivers. [Anglo-Fr., floundre, O. Fr. flondre, most prob. of Scand. origin; cf. Ice. flyðra, Sw. flundra.]

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Flounder

   Common name for two families of FLATFISHES belonging to the order Pleuronectiformes: left-eye flounders (Bothidae) and right-eye flounders (Pleuronectidae). The latter is more commonly used in research.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. flounder

   A well-known pleuronect, better to fish for than to eat. Called also floun-dab.

Matched Categories

1. • Flatfish
   • Struggle
   • Walk

Anagrams for FLOUNDER »

1. unfolder

2. reunfold

How to pronounce FLOUNDER?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of FLOUNDER in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of FLOUNDER in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of FLOUNDER in a Sentence

1. David Cockfield:

   Oil doesn't seem to be able to find any point where it can stop falling. We really have to see the price of oil consolidate somewhere, the TSX is going to continue to flounder until we see some light at the end of the tunnel as far as the oil stocks and oil prices are concerned.

2. Paul Jacobs:

   God was looking out for us, because for several days we had seas as flat as a flounder.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=FLOUNDER
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Flounder
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=FLOUNDER
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flounder
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/FLOUNDER
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=FLOUNDER
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=FLOUNDER
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=FLOUNDER