"flounder" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈflaʊndɚ/ [US] Audio: en-us-flounder.ogg [US] Forms: flounder [singular], flounders or flounder [plural]
Head templates: {{noun|3=flounder}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A flounder is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae or Bothidae.
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  2. A bootmaker's tool for crimping boot fronts.
    Sense id: simple-flounder-en-noun-XCXVLVAy

Verb

IPA: /ˈflaʊndɚ/ [US] Audio: en-us-flounder.ogg [US] Forms: flounder [canonical], flounders [third-person, singular], floundered [past], floundered [past, participle], floundering [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you flounder, you make clumsy attempts to move or regain balance.
    Sense id: simple-flounder-en-verb-BLUQBgqO Categories (other): Verbs
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