Found 3 items, similar to flounce.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: flounce lipatan, menyentak
English → English (WordNet) Definition: flounce flounce n 1: a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim [syn: frill, ruffle, furbelow] 2: the act of walking with exaggerated jerky motions v : walk emphatically
English → English (gcide) Definition: Flounce Flounce \Flounce\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flounced (flounst); p. pr. & vb. n. Flouncing.] [Cf. OSw. flunsa to immerge.] To throw the limbs and body one way and the other; to spring, turn, or twist with sudden effort or violence; to struggle, as a horse in mire; to flounder; to throw one's self with a jerk or spasm, often as in displeasure. [1913 Webster] To flutter and flounce will do nothing but batter and bruise us. --Barrow. [1913 Webster] With his broad fins and forky tail he laves The rising sirge, and flounces in the waves. --Addison. [1913 Webster] Flounce \Flounce\, n. The act of floucing; a sudden, jerking motion of the body. [1913 Webster] Flounce \Flounce\, n. [Cf. G. flaus, flausch, a tuft of wool or hair; akin to vliess, E. fleece; or perh. corrupted fr. rounce.] An ornamental appendage to the skirt of a woman's dress, consisting of a strip gathered and sewed on by its upper edge around the skirt, and left hanging. [1913 Webster] Flounce \Flounce\, v. t. To deck with a flounce or flounces; as, to flounce a petticoat or a frock. [1913 Webster]