flounce
/flaʊns/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.94 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To move in a bouncy, exaggerated manner.
verb
To depart in a dramatic, haughty way that draws attention to oneself.
verb
To decorate with a flounce.
Example Sentences
- "There was a continual coming and going of flouncing, pig-tailed forms, until the table was closely covered with dishes, scarlet curries with surface currents of ochreous oil, three varieties of what looked like seaweed (inevitably recommended as abundant in vitamins), a paste made of ground beans and chillis..."
- "After failing to win the leadership election, he flounced dramatically."
- "A-flutter with excitement, she turned the handle. In a moment she flounced back, red with shame and anger—flounced forth from the fairest, whitest, dapperest dairy, wherein was all of the best that the keenest dairy-maid might need."
- "'Oh certainly,' retorted Tinette impudently, as she flounced out of the room."
- "You got your ass kicked and instead of admitting you might have made a mistake, you flounced."
- "But love Mensch or hate her, don't buy the line that she merely got bored and flounced: for whatever else she achieved in politics, she was never exactly stuck for ways to make it interesting."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, flunsa