flounce
verb/flaʊns/
/flaʊns/
[intransitive] (disapproving)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they flounce | /flaʊns/ /flaʊns/ |
| he / she / it flounces | /ˈflaʊnsɪz/ /ˈflaʊnsɪz/ |
| past simple flounced | /flaʊnst/ /flaʊnst/ |
| past participle flounced | /flaʊnst/ /flaʊnst/ |
| -ing form flouncing | /ˈflaʊnsɪŋ/ /ˈflaʊnsɪŋ/ |
- + adv./prep. to move somewhere in a way that draws attention to yourself, for example because you are angry or upset
- She flounced out of the room.
- He tossed his head and flounced away.
Word Originverb mid 16th cent.: perhaps of Scandinavian origin and related to Norwegian flunsa ‘hurry’, or perhaps symbolic, like bounce or pounce.Definitions on the go
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