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1. (v.i.) flounder
to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements:
to flounder in the mud.
2. flounder
to struggle clumsily, helplessly, or falteringly:
I floundered for an excuse.
3. (n.) flounder
any of the flatfishes of the families Pleuronectidae and Bothidae, esp. those valued as food, as the North Atlantic Platichthys flesus
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME < AF floundre < Scand; cf. Norw flundra)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) flounder
flesh of any of various American and European flatfish
2. (verb) flounder
any of various European and non-European marine flatfish
3. (verb) stagger, flounder
walk with great difficulty
"He staggered along in the heavy snow"
4. (verb) flounder
behave awkwardly; have difficulties
"She is floundering in college"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) flounder
a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae, of many species
2. (noun) flounder
a tool used in crimping boot fronts
3. (noun) flounder
the act of floundering
4. (verb) flounder
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
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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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.
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Sense: to move one's legs and arms violently and with difficulty (in water, mud etc)
She floundered helplessly in the mud.
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 Afrikaans: spartel |
 Arabic: يَتَخَبَّط في، يَغوص في ا |
 Bulgarian: цапам |
 Brazilian: debater-se |
 Czech: plácat se |
 German: zappeln |
 Danish: sprælle; fægte med arme o |
 Greek: τσαλαβούτω, παραδέρνω |
 Spanish: patalear |
 Estonian: kahlama |
 Farsi: دست و پا زدن |
 Finnish: räpiköidä |
 French: patauger |
 Hebrew: לְפַרפֵּר |
 Hindi: अटकना, घबरा जाना |
 Croatian: koprcati se |
 Hungarian: bukdácsol |
 Indonesian: menggapai-gapai |
 Icelandic: flyðra |
 Italian: dibattersi |
 Japanese: もがく |
 Korean: 버둥거리다 |
 Lithuanian: kapanotis, kapstytis |
 Latvian: ķepuroties |
 Malay: mengapa-gapai |
 Dutch: spartelen |
 Norwegian: sprelle, kaste seg fram o |
 Polish: brnąć, szamotać się |
 Persian: دست و پا زدن |
 Pashto: زوروهلو، لاس او پښى وهل، |
 Portuguese: debater-se |
 Romanian: a se zbate |
 Russian: барахтаться |
 Slovak: hádzať sa |
 Slovenian: bresti |
 Serbian: batrgati se |
 Swedish: sprattla, tumla, rulla |
 Thai: ตะเกียกตะกายฝ่า (น้ำ, โคล |
 Turkish: çırpınmak |
 Taiwanese: 掙扎 |
 Ukrainian: борсатися |
 Urdu: لڑکھڑا کر آگے بڑھنا |
 Vietnamese: loạng choạng |
 Chinese: 挣扎 |
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