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flounder
1[ floun-der ]
verb (used without object)
- to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.):
He saw the child floundering about in the water.
- to struggle clumsily or helplessly:
He floundered helplessly on the first day of his new job.
- to be in imminent danger of failure:
The negotiations floundered primarily on the question of extending regional autonomy.
flounder
2[ floun-der ]
noun
- a European, marine flatfish, Platichthys flesus, used for food.
- any of numerous similar or closely related non-European flatfishes.
- any flatfish other than soles.
flounder
1/ ˈflaʊndə /
verb
- to struggle; to move with difficulty, as in mud
- to behave awkwardly; make mistakes
noun
- the act of floundering
flounder
2/ ˈflaʊndə /
noun
- Also calledfluke a European flatfish, Platichthys flesus having a greyish-brown body covered with prickly scales: family Pleuronectidae : an important food fish
- any flatfish of the families Bothidae (turbot, etc) and Pleuronectidae (plaice, halibut, sand dab, etc)
Usage
Word History and Origins
Origin of flounder2
Word History and Origins
Origin of flounder1
Origin of flounder2
Example Sentences
So far, proposals of “Senate flounder,” “House blowfish,” and “Hope and Change smelt” have met with little public acceptance.
Instead, Bayou, Israel's hedge-fund group, continued to flounder and the deception only grew.
Why did Obama's White House flounder in its initial response to the economic crisis?
China may flounder on the soccer field, but the country is in the grip of a mad World Cup fever.
It has a bathing beach where the gals show what they've got and fat men flounder and cavort far beyond their capacities.
Men crawled over one another, then dropped to the first open spot, to flounder there a moment, then roar in snoring sleep.
Those who followed were compelled to flounder on the best way they could.
And they can go where horses couldn't do anything but flounder and probably cut themselves with their own feet.
She was most aptly named; indeed, I think the Flounder would have been a still more appropriate designation.
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