Meaning of "flounder" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FLOUNDER

Probably a blend of founder² + blunder; perhaps influenced by flounder².

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF FLOUNDER

flounder  [ˈflaʊndə]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FLOUNDER

Flounder is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb flounder in English.

WHAT DOES FLOUNDER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Flounder

Flounder are a group of flatfish species. They are demersal fish found at the bottom of oceans around the world; some species will also enter estuaries.

Definition of flounder in the English dictionary

The first definition of flounder in the dictionary is to struggle; to move with difficulty, as in mud. Other definition of flounder is to behave awkwardly; make mistakes. Flounder is also the act of floundering.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FLOUNDER

PRESENT

Present

I flounder

you flounder

he/she/it flounders

we flounder

you flounder

they flounder

Present continuous

I am floundering

you are floundering

he/she/it is floundering

we are floundering

you are floundering

they are floundering

Present perfect

I have floundered

you have floundered

he/she/it has floundered

we have floundered

you have floundered

they have floundered

Present perfect continuous

I have been floundering

you have been floundering

he/she/it has been floundering

we have been floundering

you have been floundering

they have been floundering

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I floundered

you floundered

he/she/it floundered

we floundered

you floundered

they floundered

Past continuous

I was floundering

you were floundering

he/she/it was floundering

we were floundering

you were floundering

they were floundering

Past perfect

I had floundered

you had floundered

he/she/it had floundered

we had floundered

you had floundered

they had floundered

Past perfect continuous

I had been floundering

you had been floundering

he/she/it had been floundering

we had been floundering

you had been floundering

they had been floundering

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will flounder

you will flounder

he/she/it will flounder

we will flounder

you will flounder

they will flounder

Future continuous

I will be floundering

you will be floundering

he/she/it will be floundering

we will be floundering

you will be floundering

they will be floundering

Future perfect

I will have floundered

you will have floundered

he/she/it will have floundered

we will have floundered

you will have floundered

they will have floundered

Future perfect continuous

I will have been floundering

you will have been floundering

he/she/it will have been floundering

we will have been floundering

you will have been floundering

they will have been floundering

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would flounder

you would flounder

he/she/it would flounder

we would flounder

you would flounder

they would flounder

Conditional continuous

I would be floundering

you would be floundering

he/she/it would be floundering

we would be floundering

you would be floundering

they would be floundering

Conditional perfect

I would have flounder

you would have flounder

he/she/it would have flounder

we would have flounder

you would have flounder

they would have flounder

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been floundering

you would have been floundering

he/she/it would have been floundering

we would have been floundering

you would have been floundering

they would have been floundering

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you flounder
we let´s flounder
you flounder

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to flounder

Past participle

floundered

Present Participle

floundering

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «FLOUNDER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «flounder» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of flounder

blunder · come unstuck · dither · falter · fumble · grope · muddle · plunge · stall · struggle · stumble · thrash · toss · tumble · wallow

TRANSLATION OF FLOUNDER

Find out the translation of flounder to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of flounder from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «flounder» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 陷入困境
• Translator English - Spanish: tambalearse
• English: flounder
• Translator English - Hindi: फ़्लॉन्डर
• Translator English - Arabic: السمك المفلطح
• Translator English - Russian: камбала
• Translator English - Portuguese: debater-se
• Translator English - Bengali: রাঘববোয়াল
• Translator English - French: battre de l´aile
• Translator English - Malay: Menggelegak
• Translator English - German: ins Schwimmen kommen
• Translator English - Japanese: 四苦八苦する
• Translator English - Korean: 힘들어지다
• Translator English - Javanese: Ngambang
• Translator English - Vietnamese: chạy lung tung
• Translator English - Tamil: தட்டைச்
• Translator English - Marathi: चपळ
• Translator English - Turkish: pisi balığı
• Translator English - Italian: vacillare
• Translator English - Polish: flądra
• Translator English - Ukrainian: камбала
• Translator English - Romanian: cambulă
• Translator English - Greek: καλκάνι
• Translator English - Afrikaans: gespartel
• Translator English - Swedish: skrubbskädda
• Translator English - Norwegian: flyndre

4 QUOTES WITH «FLOUNDER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word flounder.

1

Paul Dano

My first paying job might have been doing a play, actually. My mom paid me to dress up as a flounder at my sister's 'Little Mermaid' - themed birthday party when I was little.

2

Manny Farber

'From Here to Eternity' happens to be fourteen-carat entertainment. The main trouble is that it is too entertaining for a film in which love affairs flounder, one sweet guy is beaten to death, and a man of high principles is mistaken for a saboteur and killed on a golf course.

3

George Halas

Many people flounder about in life because they do not have a purpose, an objective toward which to work.

4

Joanna Scott

Writing that flirts with incoherence can just as readily flounder as writing characterized by simplicity and composure. There is no reliable formula for originality, and strategies that are distinguished as innovative in their first incarnation can quickly become stale in the hands of lesser artists.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLOUNDER»

Discover the use of flounder in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to flounder and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Flounder

An immortal fisherman catches an immortal talking fish in the Stone Age, and they live eternally until modern times in Germany, bound by the man's insatiable pregnant wife and entanglements with various female cooks.

Günter Grass, 1989

Flounder Fishing Tactics and Techniques

In this book, he shares all the insight and hard-won knowledge he's accumulated over the years. You want to be a more successful flounder fisherman? Keith will show you the way.

Keith Kaufman, 2012

Flossie Flounder: A Tale of Flat Fish

Discusses the characteristics and behavior of a flounder in a story designed to promote environmental awareness

Suzanne Tate, 1989

Flounder's folly

In spite of Little Mermaid's advice, Flounder goes in search of adventure and gets more excitement than he wants.

M. C. Varley, Creative Spark (Firm), Yakovetic Productions, 1992

Essential fish habitat source document. Summer flounder, ...

The geographical range of the summer flounder or fluke, Paralichthys dentatus ( Figure 1), encompasses the shallow estuarine waters and outer continental shelf from Nova Scotia to Florida (Ginsburg 1952; Bigelow and Schroeder 1953; ...

David B. Packer, Northeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.), 1999

Flounder, my hero

While trying to find Ariel's lost compass, Flounder learns a lesson about monsters and bravery.

Creative Spark (Firm), Walt Disney Company, 1992

Essential fish habitat source document. Yellowtail flounder, ...

Distribution of life history stages of yellowtail flounder in estuaries and rivers of the northwest Atlantic Ocean..................10 ... Abundance of yellowtail flounder larvae relative to water temperature and depth from NEFSC MARMAP surveys ...

The Eyes of a Flounder: Poems

Laura Hamblin writes of good mothers and bad, women who married and those who didn't, lovers and "Celibacy at Forty-two.

Laura Hamblin, 2005

Ken Schultz's Field Guide to Saltwater Fish

The southern flounder is thought to be the largest Gulf of Mexico flatfish. A member of the Bothidae family of left- eyed flounder, it is a highly desired food fish, and considerable numbers are harvested by trawlers. Identification. The southern ...

Ken Schultz, 2011

Essential fish habitat source document. Witch flounder, ...

Abundance (% occurrence) of major prey items of witch flounder collected during NEFSC bottom trawl surveys.....13 Figure 3. Distribution and abundance of witch flounder from Newfoundland to Cape Hatteras during ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLOUNDER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term flounder is used in the context of the following news items.

Research key in fight to save summer flounder - Courier-Post

Summer flounder won't stand up and be counted. It's a task best left to the scientists, but the problem has always been the best way to go about ... «Cherry Hill Courier Post, Jul 15»

Catch target recommendations for bluefish, flounder, scup and bass …

Also, MAMFC's Summer Flounder, Scup & Black Sea Bass Monitoring Committee has scheduled a meeting for Thursday, July 23 and Friday, ... «Examiner.com, Jul 15»

Fighting for fluke

Summer flounder won't stand up and be counted. It's a task best left to the scientists, but the problem has always been the best way to go about ... «Asbury Park Press, Jul 15»

Think like an Ambush Predator: Summer Flounder Make Good …

Fluke are also called summer flounder. They're a flatfish that typically lie camouflaged on sandy bottoms. An ambush predator, fluke will stay ... «WCAI, Jul 15»

Patrick Ghegan with flounder - Press of Atlantic City: Your Catch …

Patrick Ghegan, 9, of Cinnaminson, holds the 6-pound, 2-ounce flounder he caught Wednesday in the Wildwood back bays. «Press of Atlantic City, Jul 15»

Cobia, flounder tournaments on tap this weekend | Fishing report

The Flounder Bowl was held July 4. Taking first place by eighth-hundredths of a pound was the team of Aubrey Williams, Rudy Levasseur, ... «Daily Press, Jul 15»

Three tips for taking flounder around nearshore reefs

When high inshore water temperatures have you asking where the big flounder have gone, Capt. Wayne Crisco of Hampstead has the answer. According to ... «North Carolina Sportsman, Jul 15»

Last call for flounder comment

Catch reduction options, increased size limits and gill net mesh restrictions are among measures being considered to help southern flounder ... «News & Observer, Jul 15»

'Khune's career could flounder'

The Bidvest Wits goalkeeper coach said if Khune cannot find a club, his flourishing international career may begin to flounder. “I honestly think ... «Citizen, Jul 15»

Erdogan eyes snap Turkish election as coalition talks flounder

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has dominated Turkey's political landscape for over a decade. ― Reuters picANKARA, July 8 — Delays in ... «Malay Mail Online, Jul 15»