'Flounder' definitions:
Definition of 'flounder'
From: WordNet
noun
Flesh of any of various American and European flatfish
noun
Any of various European and non-European marine flatfish
verb
Walk with great difficulty; "He staggered along in the heavy snow" [syn: stagger, flounder]
verb
Behave awkwardly; have difficulties; "She is floundering in college"
Definition of 'Flounder'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Flounder'
From: GCIDE
- Flounder \Floun"der\, n. The act of floundering. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Flounder'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'flounder'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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