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Noun [English]

IPA: /flaʊns/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-flounce.wav Forms: flounces [plural]
Rhymes: -aʊns Etymology: Probably of North Germanic origin, from Norwegian flunsa (“hurry”), perhaps ultimately imitative. Or, perhaps formed on the pattern of pounce, bounce. Etymology templates: {{der|en|gmq|-}} North Germanic, {{der|en|no|flunsa||hurry}} Norwegian flunsa (“hurry”), {{onomatopoeic|en|title=imitative}} imitative Head templates: {{en-noun}} flounce (plural flounces)
  1. (sewing) A strip of decorative material, usually pleated, attached along one edge; a ruffle. Categories (topical): Sewing Translations (strip of decorative material along an edge): волан (volan) [masculine] (Bulgarian), kanýr [masculine] (Czech), volán [masculine] (Czech), volant [masculine] (Dutch), röyhelö (pleated) (Finnish), reunus (english: any) (Finnish), volant [masculine] (French), volant [masculine] (Italian), balza [feminine] (Italian), gala [feminine] (Italian), volan [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), karner (Serbo-Croatian), volang [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-flounce-en-noun-K9R2FrFq Topics: business, manufacturing, sewing, textiles Disambiguation of 'strip of decorative material along an edge': 96 1 3
  2. The act of flouncing. Translations (act of flouncing): harppominen (english: going) (Finnish), röyhelöinti (english: decorating) (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-flounce-en-noun-LiC2Y2u1 Disambiguation of 'act of flouncing': 1 97 1
  3. A row of corrugations, skin folds, or spines, on the hemipenis of a snake.
    Sense id: en-flounce-en-noun-weQaHzF6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: flounce post, flouncey [dated], flouncy

Verb [English]

IPA: /flaʊns/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-flounce.wav Forms: flounces [present, singular, third-person], flouncing [participle, present], flounced [participle, past], flounced [past]
Rhymes: -aʊns Etymology: Probably of North Germanic origin, from Norwegian flunsa (“hurry”), perhaps ultimately imitative. Or, perhaps formed on the pattern of pounce, bounce. Etymology templates: {{der|en|gmq|-}} North Germanic, {{der|en|no|flunsa||hurry}} Norwegian flunsa (“hurry”), {{onomatopoeic|en|title=imitative}} imitative Head templates: {{en-verb}} flounce (third-person singular simple present flounces, present participle flouncing, simple past and past participle flounced)
  1. To move in a bouncy, exaggerated manner. Translations (to move in exaggerated manner): хвърлям се (hvǎrljam se) (Bulgarian), втурвам се (vturvam se) (Bulgarian), rázně si vykračovat [imperfective] (Czech), mašírovat [imperfective] (Czech), harppoa (Finnish), stolzieren (German), rimbalzare (Italian), skumpa (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-flounce-en-verb-5rg3HlJT Disambiguation of 'to move in exaggerated manner': 89 7 3 1
  2. To depart in a dramatic, haughty way that draws attention to oneself. Translations (to depart dramatically): poistua näyttävästi (Finnish), sännätä tiehensä (Finnish), otperjati (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-flounce-en-verb-Mi9POGcG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English onomatopoeias, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 2 26 9 48 7 3 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 5 6 24 11 36 14 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 8 23 12 39 7 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 4 26 7 48 5 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 4 27 6 53 4 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 8 6 19 13 40 7 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 12 5 17 11 35 10 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 8 9 20 15 34 8 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 8 6 19 13 40 7 7 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 8 9 21 15 35 8 4 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 7 7 20 14 39 8 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 6 7 22 14 40 7 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 8 6 18 13 38 11 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 8 6 19 13 41 7 6 Disambiguation of 'to depart dramatically': 7 86 4 3
  3. (archaic) To flounder; to make spastic motions. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-flounce-en-verb-A1YELw7g
  4. (sewing) To decorate with a flounce. Categories (topical): Sewing Translations (to decorate with flounce): украсявам с волани (ukrasjavam s volani) (Bulgarian), koristella röyhelöin (Finnish), röyhelöidä (Finnish), reunustaa (Finnish), guarnire (Italian), ukrasiti volanima (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-flounce-en-verb-BZ4h8GPm Topics: business, manufacturing, sewing, textiles Disambiguation of 'to decorate with flounce': 0 0 0 100

Inflected forms

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