"flounder" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈflaʊndɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-flounder.ogg [US] Forms: flounder [plural], flounders [plural]
Rhymes: -aʊndə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English flowndre, from Anglo-Norman floundre, from Old Northern French flondre, from Old Norse flyðra, from Proto-Germanic *flunþrijǭ. Cognate with Danish flynder, German Flunder, Swedish flundra. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|flowndre}} Middle English flowndre, {{der|en|xno|floundre}} Anglo-Norman floundre, {{der|en|fro-nor|flondre}} Old Northern French flondre, {{der|en|non|flyðra}} Old Norse flyðra, {{der|en|gem-pro|*flunþrijǭ}} Proto-Germanic *flunþrijǭ, {{cog|da|flynder}} Danish flynder, {{cog|de|Flunder}} German Flunder, {{cog|sv|flundra}} Swedish flundra Head templates: {{en-noun|flounder|+}} flounder (plural flounder or flounders)
  1. A European species of flatfish having dull brown colouring with reddish-brown blotches; fluke, European flounder (Platichthys flesus). Translations (Platichthys flesus): soyu [masculine] (Asturian), xoyu [masculine] (Asturian), platuxa latz (Basque), камбала (kambala) [feminine] (Bulgarian), plana [feminine] (Catalan), 川鰈 (Chinese Mandarin), 川鲽 (chuāndié) (Chinese Mandarin), platýs bradavičnatý [masculine] (Czech), flundra obecná (Czech), skrubbe [common-gender] (Danish), bot [masculine] (Dutch), fleso (Esperanto), lest (Estonian), kampela (Finnish), flet [masculine] (French), solla [feminine] (Galician), lirpa [feminine] (Galician), Flunder [feminine] (German), πλευρονήκτης (plevroníktis) [masculine] (Greek), ψήσσα (psíssa) [feminine] (Greek), érdes lepényhal (Hungarian), leith [feminine] (Irish), leadhbóg [feminine] (Irish), upinė plekšnė (Lithuanian), p'uay' (Lushootseed), pātiki (Maori), fliandre [feminine] (Norman), skrubbe [common-gender] (Norwegian), tornia (Polish), fląderka [feminine] (Polish), flądra [feminine] (Polish), linguado [masculine] (Portuguese), solha [feminine] (Portuguese), речна́я ка́мбала (rečnája kámbala) [feminine] (Russian), иверак [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), iverak [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), platija [feminine] (Spanish), skrubbskädda [common-gender] (Swedish), flundra [common-gender] (Swedish), tatampal (Tagalog), pisi balığı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-flounder-en-noun-KRo~gA38 Disambiguation of 'Platichthys flesus': 71 24 4
  2. (Canada, US) Any of various flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae or Bothidae. Tags: Canada, US Categories (lifeform): Flatfish
    Sense id: en-flounder-en-noun-nOEvmWHt Disambiguation of Flatfish: 24 40 6 3 25 0 1 Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English blends: 11 35 10 11 10 10 12 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 30 18 17 6 3 7 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 20 40 13 11 6 2 8 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 37 19 9 7 2 9
  3. A bootmaker's tool for crimping boot fronts. Categories (topical): Tools
    Sense id: en-flounder-en-noun-XCXVLVAy Disambiguation of Tools: 21 3 28 11 12 12 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: armless flounder (taxonomic: Achiropsettidae spp.), arrowtooth flounder (alt: Atheresthes stomias), Baltic flounder (taxonomic: Platichthys solemdali), barfin flounder (alt: Verasper moseri), blackback flounder (alt: Pseudopleuronectes americanus), blackfin flounder (taxonomic: Glyptocephalus stelleri), black flounder (alt: Rhombosolea retiaria), California flounder (alt: Paralichthys californicus), craig flounder (taxonomic: Glyptocephalus cynoglossus), diamond flounder (alt: Hypsopsetta guttulata), eel-back flounder (alt: Liopsetta putnami), European flounder (taxonomic: Platichthys flesus), flounder house, flounderling, flowery flounder (taxonomic: Bothus mancus), fourspot flounder, four-spotted flounder (alt: Paralichthys oblongus), Georges Bank flounder (alt: Pseudopleuronectes americanus dignabilis), gray flounder, grey flouder (alt: Etropus rimosus), great flounder (taxonomic: Platichthys stellatus), greenback flounder (alt: Rhombosolea tapirina), Gulf flounder (alt: Paralichthys albigutta), left-eyed flounder (taxonomic: Bothidae spp.), olive flounder (alt: Paralichthys olivaceus), peacock flounder (taxonomic: Bothus mancus), peppered flounder (alt: Paralichthodes algoensis), pole flounder (taxonomic: Glyptocephalus cynoglossus), righteye flounder (taxonomic: Pleuronectidae spp.), sand flounder (taxonomic: Paralichthyidae spp.), southern flounder (taxonomic: Achiropsettidae spp.), starry flounder (taxonomic: Platichthys stellatus), summer flounder (alt: Paralichthys dentatus), water flounder (taxonomic: Pleuronectes maculatus), windowpane flounder (taxonomic: Scophthalmus aquosus), winter flounder (alt: Pseudopleuronectes americanus), witch flounder (taxonomic: Glyptocephalus cynoglossus), yellowtail flounder (taxonomic: Limanda ferruginea)

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈflaʊndɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-flounder.ogg [US] Forms: flounders [present, singular, third-person], floundering [participle, present], floundered [participle, past], floundered [past]
Rhymes: -aʊndə(ɹ) Etymology: Possibly from the noun. Probably a blend of flounce + founder or a blend of founder + blunder or from Dutch flodderen (“wade”). See other terms beginning with fl, such as flutter, flitter, float, flap, flub, flip. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|flounce|founder|nocap=1}} blend of flounce + founder, {{blend|en|founder|blunder|nocap=1}} blend of founder + blunder, {{der|en|nl|flodderen||wade}} Dutch flodderen (“wade”), {{m|en|flutter}} flutter, {{m|en|flitter}} flitter, {{m|en|float}} float, {{m|en|flap}} flap, {{m|en|flub}} flub, {{m|en|flip}} flip Head templates: {{en-verb}} flounder (third-person singular simple present flounders, present participle floundering, simple past and past participle floundered)
  1. (intransitive) To act clumsily or confused; to struggle or be flustered. Tags: intransitive Translations (to act clumsily or confused): tutulmaq (Azerbaijani), обърквам се (obǎrkvam se) (Bulgarian), kompuroida (Finnish), straucheln (German), herumholpern (German), παραδέρνω (paradérno) (Greek), belezavarodik (Hungarian), belegabalyodik (Hungarian), まごつく (magotsuku) (Japanese), сбива́ться (sbivátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), сби́ться (sbítʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), trastabillar (Spanish), titubear (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-flounder-en-verb-VB8FDtta Disambiguation of 'to act clumsily or confused': 96 2 1 1
  2. (intransitive) To flop around as a fish out of water. Tags: intransitive Translations (to flop around): пляскам (pljaskam) (Bulgarian), sprælle (Danish), spartelen (Dutch), pyörähtää (Finnish), herumzappeln (German), hüpfen (German), taumeln (German), σπαρταρώ (spartaró) (Greek), ficánkol (Hungarian), fickándozik (Hungarian), evickél (Hungarian), hentereg (Hungarian), hempereg (Hungarian), vergődik (Hungarian), fetreng (Hungarian), tākaru (Maori), tangaru (Maori), debater-se (Portuguese), бара́хтаться (baráxtatʹsja) (Russian), sprattla (Swedish), борсатися (borsatysja) (Ukrainian), побо́рсатися (pobórsatysja) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-flounder-en-verb-44is98Bs Disambiguation of 'to flop around': 3 94 1 2
  3. (intransitive) To make clumsy attempts to move or regain one's balance. Tags: intransitive Translations (to attempt to move or regain one's balance): kompuroida (Finnish), horjua (Finnish), tituber (French), Schwierigkeiten haben (German), sich fangen wollen (German), παραπαίω (parapaío) (Greek), botladozik (Hungarian), bukdácsol (Hungarian), botorkál (Hungarian), tangaru (Maori), tākaru (Maori), trastabillar (Spanish), tambalearse (Spanish), sprattla (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-flounder-en-verb-sQx15WSE Disambiguation of "to attempt to move or regain one's balance": 3 5 92 1
  4. To be in serious difficulty.
    Sense id: en-flounder-en-verb-mWxDwsaR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} flounder
  1. Alternative form of flowndre Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: flowndre
    Sense id: en-flounder-enm-noun-w~gF78Nb Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "Platichthys flesus",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "lirpa"
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          "sense": "Platichthys flesus",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Flunder"
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          "roman": "plevroníktis",
          "sense": "Platichthys flesus",
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          "word": "πλευρονήκτης"
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          "roman": "psíssa",
          "sense": "Platichthys flesus",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "Platichthys flesus",
          "word": "érdes lepényhal"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "Platichthys flesus",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "leith"
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          "_dis1": "71 24 4",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "Platichthys flesus",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "leadhbóg"
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          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "Platichthys flesus",
          "word": "upinė plekšnė"
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          "lang": "Lushootseed",
          "sense": "Platichthys flesus",
          "word": "p'uay'"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "Platichthys flesus",
          "word": "pātiki"
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          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "Platichthys flesus",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "fliandre"
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          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "Platichthys flesus",
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          "word": "skrubbe"
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          "_dis1": "71 24 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Platichthys flesus",
          "word": "tornia"
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          "_dis1": "71 24 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Platichthys flesus",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "fląderka"
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      "alt": "Pseudopleuronectes americanus",
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      "taxonomic": "Glyptocephalus stelleri",
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      "alt": "Hypsopsetta guttulata",
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      "alt": "Liopsetta putnami",
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      "alt": "Paralichthys oblongus",
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      "alt": "Pseudopleuronectes americanus dignabilis",
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      "taxonomic": "Scophthalmus aquosus",
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      "word": "川鰈"
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      "word": "川鲽"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "Platichthys flesus",
      "word": "flundra obecná"
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "Platichthys flesus",
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      "code": "et",
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      "sense": "Platichthys flesus",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Platichthys flesus",
      "word": "kampela"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "code": "gl",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "Flunder"
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      "sense": "Platichthys flesus",
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      "word": "речна́я ка́мбала"
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      "code": "tl",
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        [
          "clumsy",
          "clumsy"
        ],
        [
          "attempt",
          "attempt"
        ],
        [
          "balance",
          "balance"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To make clumsy attempts to move or regain one's balance."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, page 159",
          "text": "Meanwhile bus and tram competition was causing the Central London Railway to flounder after its early success, and as for the City & South London ... that had always floundered.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be in serious difficulty."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈflaʊndɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊndə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-flounder.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/En-us-flounder.ogg/En-us-flounder.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/En-us-flounder.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pljaskam",
      "sense": "to flop around",
      "word": "пляскам"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to flop around",
      "word": "sprælle"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to flop around",
      "word": "spartelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to flop around",
      "word": "pyörähtää"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to flop around",
      "word": "herumzappeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to flop around",
      "word": "hüpfen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to flop around",
      "word": "taumeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "spartaró",
      "sense": "to flop around",
      "word": "σπαρταρώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to flop around",
      "word": "ficánkol"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to flop around",
      "word": "fickándozik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to flop around",
      "word": "evickél"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to flop around",
      "word": "hentereg"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to flop around",
      "word": "hempereg"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to flop around",
      "word": "vergődik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to flop around",
      "word": "fetreng"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to flop around",
      "word": "tākaru"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to flop around",
      "word": "tangaru"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to flop around",
      "word": "debater-se"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "baráxtatʹsja",
      "sense": "to flop around",
      "word": "бара́хтаться"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to flop around",
      "word": "sprattla"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "borsatysja",
      "sense": "to flop around",
      "word": "борсатися"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pobórsatysja",
      "sense": "to flop around",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "побо́рсатися"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to attempt to move or regain one's balance",
      "word": "kompuroida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to attempt to move or regain one's balance",
      "word": "horjua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to attempt to move or regain one's balance",
      "word": "tituber"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to attempt to move or regain one's balance",
      "word": "Schwierigkeiten haben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to attempt to move or regain one's balance",
      "word": "sich fangen wollen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "parapaío",
      "sense": "to attempt to move or regain one's balance",
      "word": "παραπαίω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to attempt to move or regain one's balance",
      "word": "botladozik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to attempt to move or regain one's balance",
      "word": "bukdácsol"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to attempt to move or regain one's balance",
      "word": "botorkál"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to attempt to move or regain one's balance",
      "word": "tangaru"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to attempt to move or regain one's balance",
      "word": "tākaru"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to attempt to move or regain one's balance",
      "word": "trastabillar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to attempt to move or regain one's balance",
      "word": "tambalearse"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to attempt to move or regain one's balance",
      "word": "sprattla"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to act clumsily or confused",
      "word": "tutulmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "obǎrkvam se",
      "sense": "to act clumsily or confused",
      "word": "обърквам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to act clumsily or confused",
      "word": "kompuroida"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to act clumsily or confused",
      "word": "straucheln"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to act clumsily or confused",
      "word": "herumholpern"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "paradérno",
      "sense": "to act clumsily or confused",
      "word": "παραδέρνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to act clumsily or confused",
      "word": "belezavarodik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to act clumsily or confused",
      "word": "belegabalyodik"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "magotsuku",
      "sense": "to act clumsily or confused",
      "word": "まごつく"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sbivátʹsja",
      "sense": "to act clumsily or confused",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "сбива́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sbítʹsja",
      "sense": "to act clumsily or confused",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сби́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to act clumsily or confused",
      "word": "trastabillar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to act clumsily or confused",
      "word": "titubear"
    }
  ],
  "word": "flounder"
}

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  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "flounder",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "flowndre"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle English lemmas",
        "Middle English nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of flowndre"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "flowndre",
          "flowndre#Middle English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "flounder"
}

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