Flounder
13 definitions retrieved  Flounder \Floun"der\, n. The act of floundering. [1913 Webster] Flounder \Floun"der\, n. [Cf. Sw. flundra; akin to Dan. flynder, Icel. fly?ra, G. flunder, and perh. to E. flounder, v.i.] 1. (Zool.) A flatfish of the family Pleuronectid[ae], of many species. [1913 Webster] Note: The common English flounder is Pleuronectes flesus. There are several common American species used as food; as the smooth flounder (P. glabra); the rough or winter flounder (P. Americanus); the summer flounder, or plaice (Paralichthys dentatus), Atlantic coast; and the starry flounder (Pleuronectes stellatus). [1913 Webster] 2. (Bootmaking) A tool used in crimping boot fronts. [1913 Webster] Flounder \Floun"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Floundered; p. pr. & vb. n. Floundering.] [Cf. D. flodderen to flap, splash through mire, E. flounce, v.i., and flounder the fish.] To fling the limbs and body, as in making efforts to move; to struggle, as a horse in the mire, or as a fish on land; to roll, toss, and tumble; to flounce. [1913 Webster] They have floundered on from blunder to blunder. --Sir W. Hamilton. [1913 Webster]  flounder n 1: flesh of any of various American and European flatfish 2: any of various European and non-European marine flatfish v 1: walk with great difficulty; "He staggered along in the heavy snow" [syn: stagger, flounder] 2: behave awkwardly; have difficulties; "She is floundering in college"  flounder [flaundər] Flunder  flounder [flaundər] se débattre; se démener  flounder lepényhal  flounder [flaundər] debater‐se, espernear, estrebuchar  flounder sich abquälen flounder taumeln; stolpern; sich verhaspeln; nicht weiterwissen flounder zappeln; strampeln flounder Flunder f [zool.]  120 Moby Thesaurus words for "flounder": agonize over, alternate, back and fill, be all thumbs, be at sea, be hard put, be uncertain, beat about, blunder, blunder away, blunder into, blunder on, blunder upon, boggle, botch, bumble, bungle, butcher, capsize, careen, career, come a cropper, commit a gaffe, doubt, ebb and flow, fall, fall down, fall flat, fall headlong, fall over, fall prostrate, falter, faux pas, feel unsure, flounce, fluctuate, fumble, get a cropper, go through phases, grope, grovel, have trouble, heave, hobbyhorse, labor, labor under difficulties, list, lumber, lurch, make heavy weather, mar, miscue, muddle, muff, murder, oscillate, pendulate, pitch, pitch and plunge, pitch and toss, play havoc with, plunge, pound, puzzle over, question, rear, reel, ring the changes, rock, roll, scend, seesaw, seethe, shift, shuffle, slip, spoil, sprawl, spread-eagle, stagger, strive, struggle, stumble, sway, swing, take a fall, take a flop, take a header, take a pratfall, take a spill, teeter, teeter-totter, thrash about, tilt, toil, topple, topple down, topple over, toss, toss and tumble, toss and turn, totter, travail, trip, tumble, turn, turn turtle, vacillate, vary, volutation, walk on eggshells, wallop, wallow, waver, wax and wane, welter, wobble, wonder, wonder whether, yaw Flounder related |
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