flounce

🇺🇸 /flaʊns/ 🇬🇧 /flaʊns/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags RARE
verb
R

To walk away quickly in an angry or exaggerated manner.

She flounced out of the room, slamming the door behind her.

noun
R

A decorative strip of cloth, usually gathered, attached to a garment or fabric.

The dress had flounces that added a playful touch.

R

A sudden and dramatic exit or movement, often in anger or for attention.

Her flounce out of the room was quite a spectacle.

translation

v. To walk away quickly in an angry or exaggerated manner.
n. A decorative strip of cloth, usually gathered, attached to a garment or fabric.; A sudden and dramatic exit or movement, often in anger or for attention.

Word Forms

3rd Present flounces
Past flounced
Perfect flounced
Progressive flouncing
Plural flounces