| 单词 | to flounce it |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto flounce it 2. intransitive. To make abrupt and jerky movements with the limbs or body; to throw the body about; to plunge, flounder, struggle. Also with about, up. Usually said of bulls, horses, or aquatic animals. to flounce it, said of a woman dancing. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > sudden movement > make sudden movement [verb (intransitive)] > jerk hotchc1440 hitch?1518 jerk1606 flounce1609 fluce1627 yarka1640 quirk1821 flip1862 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xvi. xii. 77 After his horse had flounced & floundered with his heeles in the soft and clammie mud. a1643 J. Shute Sarah & Hagar (1649) 109 When one hath struck a great fish, he plungeth and flounceth. 1704 J. Trapp Abra-Mule iii. i. 1292 Whales..Now flounc'd and panted on the slimy Beach. c1710 C. Fiennes Diary (1888) 217 Giving him a good strap he fflounc'd up againe. 1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. iii. 252 Laughing..to behold them [infants] flounce about and struggle for Life in the Water. 1779 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) IV. 163 One of them [his post-horses] began to kick and flounce, without any visible cause. 1841 G. Catlin Lett. N. Amer. Indians I. xvii. 120 Trinkets, and ribbons, in which they flounce and flirt about. 1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters I. vii. 87 Some of them [women] flounced it in polka jackets. < as lemmas |
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