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Definition: FLOUNCED

Part of Speech Definition
Verb 1. Of Flounce.[Websters]
2. To have jerked or twitched. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. To have tossed, ruffled, fidgeted, waggled or jiggled. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. To have jumped, skipped or hoped. [Eve - graph theoretic]
5. To have whisked, churned or affected. [Eve - graph theoretic]
6. To have flopped or waged. [Eve - graph theoretic]
7. To have stirred, wriggled, disturbed, wiggled or thrashed. [Eve - graph theoretic]
8. To have hitched or tugged. [Eve - graph theoretic]
9. To have wheeled or shuttlecocked. [Eve - graph theoretic]
10. To have started or convulsed.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Past Tense 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb flounce.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(flounce)
1. Walk emphatically.[Wordnet].
2. 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.[Websters].
3. To deck with a flounce or flounces; as, to flounce a petticoat or a frock.[Websters].
4. Base verb from the following inflections: flouncing, flounced, flounces, flouncer, flouncers, flouncingly and flouncedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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"Flounced" is a common misspelling or typo for: flounces.

Date "Flounced" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1613. (references)

Definition: FLOUNCED

Part of SpeechDefinition
Verb1. Of Flounce.[Websters]
2. To have jerked or twitched. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. To have tossed, ruffled, fidgeted, waggled or jiggled. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. To have jumped, skipped or hoped. [Eve - graph theoretic]
5. To have whisked, churned or affected. [Eve - graph theoretic]
6. To have flopped or waged. [Eve - graph theoretic]
7. To have stirred, wriggled, disturbed, wiggled or thrashed. [Eve - graph theoretic]
8. To have hitched or tugged. [Eve - graph theoretic]
9. To have wheeled or shuttlecocked. [Eve - graph theoretic]
10. To have started or convulsed.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Past Tense1. Past tense conjugation of the verb flounce.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(flounce)
1. Walk emphatically.[Wordnet].
2. 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.[Websters].
3. To deck with a flounce or flounces; as, to flounce a petticoat or a frock.[Websters].
4. Base verb from the following inflections: flouncing, flounced, flounces, flouncer, flouncers, flouncingly and flouncedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "FLOUNCED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1613. (references)

Specialty Definition: flounce

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster1: [Verb] flouns..
 2: [Verb] 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. You neither fume, not fret, not flounce..
 3: [Verb] To move with jerks or agitation..
 4: [Verb] To deck with a flounce; as, to flounce a petticoat or frock.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
WikipedicFlounce is a term used on Internet discussion forums or chat rooms, usually used to describe a type of post made on the forum. (references)
Wiktionary[Verb] (archaic): To flounder; to make spastic motions. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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