flounce

Meaning

Verb

1. To move in a bouncy, exaggerated manner.
2. To depart in a dramatic, haughty way that draws attention to oneself.
3. To flounder; to make spastic motions.
4. To decorate with a flounce.

Noun

1. A strip of decorative material, usually pleated, attached along one edge; a ruffle.
2. The act of flouncing.
3. A row of corrugations, skin folds, or spines, on the hemipenis of a snake.

Synonyms

frill

furbelow

ruffle

march

welt

goose step

hem

jerk

mince

dash

💨

prance

selvage

skirt

thrum

trample

tread

troop

volant

wayside

ornament

decoration

edging

fidget

fringe

Pronounced as (IPA)

/flaʊns/

Etymology

Probably of North Germanic origin, from Norwegian flunsa (“hurry”), perhaps ultimately imitative. Or, perhaps formed on the pattern of pounce, bounce.