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flounce
1[flouns]
verb (used without object)
to go with impatient or impetuous, exaggerated movements.
The star flounced out of the studio in a rage.
Synonyms: , , ,to throw the body about spasmodically; flounder.
noun
an act or instance of flouncing; a flouncing movement.
flounce
2[flouns]
noun
a strip of material gathered or pleated and attached at one edge, with the other edge left loose or hanging: used for trimming, as on the edge of a skirt or sleeve or on a curtain, slipcover, etc.
verb (used with object)
to trim with flounces.
flounce
1/ ڱʊԲ /
verb
(intr; often foll by about, away, out, etc) to move or go with emphatic or impatient movements
noun
the act of flouncing
flounce
2/ ڱʊԲ /
noun
an ornamental gathered ruffle sewn to a garment by its top edge
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of flounce1
Origin of flounce2
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of flounce1
Origin of flounce2
Example Sentences
Incensed that Williams is falling down drunk at a stadium show, his Barlow flounces up in a thong to hiss, “You’re making us look like fools out there!”
In fact, he was in one of the studios and we were in another studio the night that he flounced out.
During the trial, Trump acted out whenever he attended, even flouncing out of the courtroom at one point.
I chanced a wan peek out of the flounce.
For fall, diaphanous tiers of 1970s flounce in almost angelically light hues defined the show’s aesthetic inside a brutalist warehouse space.
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When To Use
The internet slang term flounce means "to leave an online group in a dramatic manner," and may or may not involve burning a few bridges or stirring the pot on the way out.
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