Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - flounce
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Flounce
flounce
(flounces, flouncing, flounced) 1. If you flounce somewhere, you walk there quickly with exaggerated movements, in a way that shows you are annoyed or upset. She flounced out of my room in a huff... She will flounce and argue when asked to leave the room. VERB: V adv/prep, V 2. A flounce is a piece of cloth that has been sewn into folds and put around the edge of something, for example a skirt, dress, tablecloth, or curtain. ...a gown with a flounce round the hem. = frill N-COUNT
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I. intransitive verb (~d; flouncing) Etymology: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian flunsa to hurry Date: 1542 1. a. to move with exaggerated jerky or bouncy motions ~d about the room, jerking her shoulders, gesticulating — Agatha Christie; also to move so as to draw attention to oneself ~d into the lobby b. to go with sudden determination ~d out in a huff 2. flounder, struggle II. noun Date: 1583 an act or instance of flouncing • flouncy adjective III. transitive verb (~d; flouncing) Etymology: alteration of earlier frounce, from Middle English frouncen to curl Date: 1711 to trim with ~s IV. noun Date: 1713 a strip of fabric attached by one edge; also a wide ruffle • flouncy adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. бросок, рывок; резкое нетерпеливое движение 2. бросаться, метаться; делать резкие движения the horse flounced about in the mire —- лошадь барахталась в грязи, пытаясь выбраться she flounced out of the room in a rage —- она в гневе бросилась вон из комнаты 3. оборка, волан 4. украшать, отделывать оборками, воланами a flounced skirt —- юбка с оборками ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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I 1. noun резкое нетерпеливое движение 2. v. бросаться, метаться; резко двигаться (обыкн. flounce away, flounce out, flounce about, flounce down, flounce up) to flounce out of the room - броситься вон из комнаты II 1. noun оборка 2. v. отделывать оборками ...Англо-русский словарь
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~1 v to move in a way that shows that you are angry + out/off/past etc (Sandra flounced out of the room.) ~2 n 1 a band of cloth on clothing that is stitched into folds as a decoration 2 a sudden quick movement that shows people that you are annoyed ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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