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Verb: flounder  flawn-du(r)
  1. Behave awkwardly; have difficulties
    "She is floundering in college"
     
  2. Walk with great difficulty
    "He floundered along in the heavy snow";
    - stagger
Noun: flounder  flawn-du(r)
  1. Any of various European and non-European marine flatfish
    "Flounder is often served as a mild-tasting white fish in seafood restaurants"
     
  2. Flesh of any of various American and European flatfish
    "The chef prepared a delicate flounder meunière"

Derived forms: floundering, flounders, floundered

Type of: fight, flatfish, struggle, walk

Encyclopedia: Flounder