WordUnscrambler Home
flounder
Definitions
[ˈflaʊndə], (Verb)
Definitions:
- struggle or stagger clumsily in mud or water
(e.g: he was floundering about in the shallow offshore waters)
Phrases:
Origin
:
late 16th century: perhaps a blend of founder and blunder, or perhaps symbolic, fl- frequently beginning words connected with swift or sudden movement
[ˈflaʊndə], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a small flatfish that typically occurs in shallow coastal water
Phrases:
Origin
:
Middle English: from Old French flondre, probably of Scandinavian origin and related to Danish flynder
Click here to see the free dictionary definition for flounder
definition by Oxford Dictionaries