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flounder: [verb] to struggle to move or obtain footing : thrash about wildly.
FLOUNDER definition: 1. to experience great difficulties or be completely unable to decide what to do or say next: 2. a…. Learn more.
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Flounder definition: to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.). See examples of FLOUNDER used in a sentence.
FLOUNDER meaning: 1. to experience great difficulties or be completely unable to decide what to do or say next: 2. a…. Learn more.
Word Origin verb late 16th cent.: perhaps a blend of founder ‘to fill with water and sink’ and blunder, or perhaps symbolic, fl-frequently beginning words connected with swift or sudden movement. See flounder in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
A flounder is a flat fish with both eyes on one side of its head; and, as a verb, to flounder is to wobble around like a fish out of water.
1 day ago · 5 meanings: 1. to struggle; to move with difficulty, as in mud 2. to behave awkwardly; make mistakes 3. the act of floundering.... Click for more definitions.
