Definitions for flounce
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. frill, flounce, ruffle, furbelownoun

   a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim

2. flounceverb

   the act of walking with exaggerated jerky motions

3. flounceverb

   walk emphatically

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. flouncenoun

   A strip of decorative material, usually pleated, attached along one edge; a ruffle.

2. flouncenoun

   The act of flouncing.

3. flounceverb

   To move in an exaggerated, bouncy manner

4. flounceverb

   To flounder; to make spastic motions.

5. flounceverb

   To decorate with a flounce.

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

1. Flouncenoun

   Any thing sewed to the garment, and hanging loose, so as to swell and shake.

   Etymology: from the verb.

   Nay, oft in dreams invention we bestow,
   To change a flounce, or add a furbelow. Alexander Pope.

   A muslin flounce, made very full, would be very agreeable. Alexander Pope.

2. To Flounceverb

   To deck with flounces.

   She was flounced and furbelowed from head to foot; every ribbon was crinkled, and every part of her garments in curl. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 129.

   They have got into the fashion of flouncing the petticoat so very deep, that it looks like an entire coat of lutestring. Alexander Pope.

3. To FLOUNCEverb

   Etymology: plonsen, Dutch, to plunge.

   1. To move with violence in the water or mire; to struggle or dash in the water.

   With his broad fins and forky tail he laves
   The rising surge, and flounces in the waves. Joseph Addison, Ovid.

   2. To move with weight and tumult.

   Six flouncing Flanders mares
   Are e’en as good as any two of theirs. Matthew Prior.

   3. To move with passionate agitation.

   When I’m duller than a post,
   Nor can the plainest word pronounce,
   You neither fume, nor fret, nor flounce. Jonathan Swift.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. flounce

   Flounce can be used as a noun or a verb. As a noun, flounce refers to a wide ornamental strip of material, often gathered or pleated and attached to the edge of a piece of clothing, curtain, etc., used as a decorative embellishment. As a verb, flounce indicates the action of moving in an exaggerated, often impatient or angry manner, typically involving impetuous, dramatic, and exaggerated movements. It may also imply leaving a place or situation in a remarked manner to demonstrate one's displeasure or superior status.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Flounceverb

   to throw the limbs and body one way and the other; to spring, turn, or twist with sudden effort or violence; to struggle, as a horse in mire; to flounder; to throw one's self with a jerk or spasm, often as in displeasure

2. Flouncenoun

   the act of floucing; a sudden, jerking motion of the body

3. Flouncenoun

   an ornamental appendage to the skirt of a woman's dress, consisting of a strip gathered and sewed on by its upper edge around the skirt, and left hanging

4. Flounceverb

   to deck with a flounce or flounces; as, to flounce a petticoat or a frock

5. Etymology: [Cf. OSw. flunsa to immerge.]

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

1. Flounce

   flowns, v.i. to move abruptly or impatiently—n. an impatient gesture. [Prob. cog. with Norw. flunsa, to hurry, Sw. prov. flunsa, to souse.]

2. Flounce

   flowns, n. a plaited strip sewed to the skirt of a dress.—v.t. to furnish with flounces.—n. Floun′cing, material for flounces. [Earlier form frounce—O. Fr. fronce, fronche, prob. from L. frons, forehead; or Old High Ger. runza, a wrinkle, Ger. runze.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of flounce in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of flounce in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=flounce
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Flounce
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=flounce
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flounce
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=flounce