MEANING
1. To move or depart with exaggerated, abrupt movement, often displaying annoyance.
2. A gathered or pleated strip of fabric used as ornamental trim.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- flounce out
- flounce across a room
On the page
She flounced out before the apology was complete.
He flounced across the room and shut the empty drawer.
Nearby words
Related words
Word forms
- Base
- flounce
- Past tense
- flounced
- Past participle
- flounced
- Present participle
- flouncing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- flounce
- Present continuous
- am/is/are flouncing
- Present perfect
- have/has flounced
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been flouncing
- Past
- flounced
- Past continuous
- was/were flouncing
- Past perfect
- had flounced
- Past perfect continuous
- had been flouncing
- Future
- will flounce
- Future continuous
- will be flouncing
- Future perfect
- will have flounced
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been flouncing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: flounce; flounces; flounced; flounced; flouncing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: flounces.
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