flounce /flaʊns/verb 4noun 3forms 3 verb4 •To move in a bouncy, exaggerated manner. •To depart in a dramatic, haughty way that draws attention to oneself.After failing to win the leadership election, he flounced dramatically. •To decorate with a flounce. •(no longer used) To flounder; to make spastic motions.To flutter and flounce will do nothing but batter and bruise us. — 1678 noun3 •A strip of decorative material, usually pleated, attached along one edge; a ruffle.Then he looked from her to some gayer figures moving along the road with flutters of bright streamers and flounces — 1900 •The act of flouncing; a dramatic departure. •A row of corrugations, skin folds, or spines, on the hemipenis of a snake. formsflounced · flouncing · flounces
