flouncy

Variant of flounce

intransitive verb flounced, flouncing

  1. to move with quick, flinging motions of the body, as in anger
  2. to twist or turn abruptly; jerk

Origin: Early ModE, orig., to dive: < ? Scand, as in Swed dial. flunsa, to dive, dip; ? infl. by bounce

noun

the act of flouncing
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