flounder
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (America) IPA: /ˈflaʊndɚ/
flounder (plural flounders)
- A European species of flatfish having dull brown colouring with reddish-brown blotches; fluke, European flounder, Platichthys flesus.
- (North America) Any of various flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae or Bothidae.
- A bootmaker's tool for crimping boot fronts.
flounder (flounders, present participle floundering; past and past participle floundered)
- (intransitive) To flop around as a fish out of water.
- (intransitive) To make clumsy attempts to move or regain one's balance.
- Robert yanked Connie's leg vigorously, causing her to flounder and eventually fall.
- (intransitive) To act clumsily or confused; to struggle or be flustered.
- They have floundered on from blunder to blunder.
- He gave a good speech, but floundered when audience members asked questions he could not answer well.
- 1996, Janette Turner Hospital, Oyster, Virago Press, paperback edition, page 136
- He is assessing directions, but he is not lost, not floundering.
- To be in serious difficulty.
- Portuguese: debater-se
- Russian: бара́хтаться
- Spanish: trastabillar, tambalearse
- Russian: сбива́ться
- Spanish: trastabillar, titubear
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