I. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Miranda Panda, very pleased with herself, flounced back to her seat.
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Most whites likely to sympathise with it flounced out of his National Party long ago.
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She flounced past him, her arms full of table-coverings.
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She flounces into the living room and holds open the door.
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The trendies of Carnaby Street flounced around in military uniforms, sporting flowers of peace where medals once had hung.
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Then Bette flounced up and cleared her throat nervously.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Alas, the tempo tweaking didn't end with Mordkovitch's final flounce off the platform.
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Her skirt lacked hoops or flounces.
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Holding my eye, Caduta parted the flounces of her shirt.
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In the morning, she rose early and dressed in her plainest clothes, flounces and frills had no place in business.
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One wore a tattered summer dress in pink spotted cotton with double flounces, the other a pinafore over a checked blouse.
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She wears a white childlike party frock, edged with lace, stiffened with gauze, decorated with flounces and bows.
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When the lady is laid out, it is in a mob-cap and an embroidered headband, and neatly pressed flounces.