flounce
IPA: fɫˈaʊns
noun
- (sewing) A strip of decorative material, usually pleated, attached along one edge; a ruffle.ᵂ
- The act of flouncing.
- A row of spines, corrugations, or skin folds on the hemipenis of a snake.
verb
- To move in an exaggerated, bouncy manner.
- (archaic) To flounder; to make spastic motions.
- To decorate with a flounce.
- To depart in a haughty, dramatic way that draws attention to oneself.
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Examples of "flounce" in Sentences
- She flounced -- 'flounce' was the only appropriate word!
- What you all made fun of as a "flounce" out of the conversation I saw as frustration at being treated like a piece of dirt.
- The comment by conservatism is my antidrug @ 111 is what is called a flounce, the troll is begging to have this sock-puppet banned.
- And the ease of self-publishing is fueling this; it's fueling the rage at the so-called "gatekeepers" and allowing authors to vent without fear of reprisal because they're just going to flounce off and publish their books by themselves.
- The muslin gowns had been very successful; the skirts fell in a straight line from the waistband high under their arms to their feet, one with a little edge of fine white embroidery, the other with a frill scarcely to be called a flounce round the foot.
- In another town the awning from a shop window must not exceed a certain length, and you are told of a poor widow, who, having just had a new one put up at great expense, was compelled by the police to take the whole thing down, because the flounce was a quarter of an inch longer than the regulations prescribed.
- A market-woman with her jolly brown face and laughing brown eyes — eyes all the softer for a touch of antimony — her ample form clothed in a lively print overall, made with a yoke at the shoulders, and a full long flounce which is gathered on to the yoke under the arms and falls fully to the feet; with her head done up in a yellow or red handkerchief, and her snowy white teeth gleaming through her vast smiles, is a mighty pleasant thing to see, and to talk to.
- A market-woman with her jolly brown face and laughing brown eyes -- eyes all the softer for a touch of antimony -- her ample form clothed in a lively print overall, made with a yoke at the shoulders, and a full long flounce which is gathered on to the yoke under the arms and falls fully to the feet; with her head done up in a yellow or red handkerchief, and her snowy white teeth gleaming through her vast smiles, is a mighty pleasant thing to see, and to talk to.
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