flounce

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a wide strip of gathered or pleated fabric sewn on a garment or furnishing as decoration

   A flowered flounce ran along the lower edge of the curtain.

2. 2
   verb

   to move with exaggerated, abrupt motions, especially to show anger or impatience

   She flounced out of the meeting after her proposal was rejected.

3. 3
   noun

   an exaggerated movement that expresses annoyance or impatience

   With a final flounce, he turned his back on the argument.

The movement verb, recorded in the 16th century, is probably imitative or Scandinavian in origin and was influenced in spelling by bounce. The decorative noun is a reshaping of Middle English frounce, 'pleat or fold,' from Old French fronce.

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