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Flounder
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Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. A flatfish of the family Pleuronectidæ, of many species.
2. A tool used in crimping boot fronts.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
The act of floundering.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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. They have floundered on from blunder to blunder. Sir W. Hamilton.