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Definitions for Flounder
[1] to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering about in the water.
[2] to struggle clumsily or helplessly: He floundered helplessly on the first day of his new job.
[3] a European, marine flatfish, Platichthys flesus, used for food.
[4] any of numerous similar or closely related non-European flatfishes.
[5] any flatfish other than soles.
[6] to struggle; to move with difficulty, as in mud
[7] to behave awkwardly; make mistakes
[8] the act of floundering
[9] Also called: fluke a European flatfish, Platichthys flesus having a greyish-brown body covered with prickly scales: family Pleuronectidae : an important food fish
[10] US and Canadian any flatfish of the families Bothidae (turbot, etc) and Pleuronectidae (plaice, halibut, sand dab, etc)
Words related to Flounder
wallow, flop, stumble, plunge, travail, tumble, toss, flummox, lurch, snafu, labor, toil, fumble, thrash, grope, blunder, muddle, strive, bobble, pratfall
Words nearby Flounder
flotsam and jetsam, flotus, flounce, flouncing, flouncy, flounder, flour, flour beetle, flour mill, flour mite, flour moth
Origin of Flounder
21400–50; late Middle English < Anglo-French floundre < Scandinavian; compare Norwegian flundra
Other words from Flounder
floun·der·ing·ly , adverb
un·floun·der·ing , adjective
Word origin for Flounder
C14: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse flythra , Norwegian flundra
Synonyms for Flounder
flop, stumble, wallow, blunder, bobble, flummox, fumble, grope, labor, lurch, muddle, plunge, pratfall, snafu, strive, thrash, toil, toss, travail, tumble, cast about, come apart at the seams, drop the ball, fall down, foul up, go at backwards, go to pieces, make a mess of, miss one's cue, screw up, slip up, stub one's toe, trip up, work at