A veil of pink chiffon, lavishly sprinkled with huge black dots, hung like a flounce from the hat brim to her shoulders and floated off in two airy streamers behind her.
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Flounce
//flaʊns//
Synonyms for "flounce" (241 found)
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Strong matches (72)
figurefiligreefimbriafimbriationflagflectionflexureflickflingfling offfling outflipflirtflounce outflounderflowerflutefoldfold overfool around
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ornamentpacepaddlepaintparadepegpeplumpiaffepiafferpitchpitch and plungeplaitplatplaypleatplicaplicateplicationplicatureplod
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pluckplumeplungeplypranceprinkquillrackrampreelribbonrockrollrollickromprucheruchingruffrufflesashaysaunterscuffscufflescuttleseetheselvageshambleshufflesidlesingle-footskipskirtingslinkslitherslogslouchslownesssnakesnatchspanglesportstaggerstalkstampstartstepstompstormstraddlestragglestridestrollstrolling gaitstrugglestrutstumblestumpsudden pullswaggerswaysweepswingthrash abouttinseltittuptoddletosstoss and tumbletoss and turntottertraipsetreadtrimmingtriptrottrudgetucktumbleturn overtweaktwilltwisttwitchvalancevelocityvolutationwaddlewalkwallopwallowwambleweltwelterwigglewobblewreathewrenchyankyerk
Noun(1 words)
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Translations
35 translations across 11 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- волан noun (strip of decorative material along an edge)
- втурвам се verb (to move in exaggerated manner)
- украсявам с волани verb (to decorate with flounce)
- хвърлям се verb (to move in exaggerated manner)
Czech
4 entries- kanýr noun (strip of decorative material along an edge)
- volán noun (strip of decorative material along an edge)
- mašírovat verb (to move in exaggerated manner)
- rázně si vykračovat verb (to move in exaggerated manner)
Dutch
1 entries- volant noun (strip of decorative material along an edge)
Finnish
4 entries- harppominen noun (act of flouncing)
- reunus noun (strip of decorative material along an edge)
- röyhelö (pleated) noun (strip of decorative material along an edge)
- röyhelöinti noun (act of flouncing)
French
1 entries- volant noun (strip of decorative material along an edge)
German
1 entries- stolzieren verb (to move in exaggerated manner)
Italian
4 entries- balza noun (strip of decorative material along an edge)
- gala noun (strip of decorative material along an edge)
- volant noun (strip of decorative material along an edge)
- guarnire verb (to decorate with flounce)
Polish
1 entries- falbanka noun (strip of decorative material along an edge)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- karner noun (strip of decorative material along an edge)
- volan noun (strip of decorative material along an edge)
- otperjati verb (to depart dramatically)
- ukrasiti volanima verb (to decorate with flounce)
Swedish
2 entries- volang noun (strip of decorative material along an edge)
- skumpa verb (to move in exaggerated manner)
Turkish
2 entries- sayvan noun (strip of decorative material along an edge)
- volan noun (strip of decorative material along an edge)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
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...
Source: wiktionary
After failing to win the leadership election, he flounced dramatically.
Source: wiktionary
'Oh certainly,' retorted Tinette impudently, as she flounced out of the room.
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