Flounder /(?)/

Floun·der

Flounder

n.
  1. A flatfish of the family Pleuronectidæ, of many species. (Zool.)
  2. A tool used in crimping boot fronts. (Bootmaking)

Flounder

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Floundered; p. pr. & vb. n. Floundering

  1. To fling the limbs and body, as in making efforts to move; to struggle, as a horse in the mire, or as a fish on land; to roll, toss, and tumble; to flounce.
    They have floundered on from blunder to blunder.

Flounder

n.
  1. The act of floundering.