Meaning of flounder in English. to experience great difficulties or be completely unable to decide what to do or say next: He lost the next page of his speech ...

verb (used without object). to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering ...

5 дней назад · 1. to struggle to move or obtain footing : thrash about wildly The poor horse was floundering in the mud. 2. to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually.

5 meanings: 1. to struggle; to move with difficulty, as in mud 2. to behave awkwardly; make mistakes 3. the act of floundering.

A flounder is a flat fish with both eyes on one side of its head; and, as a verb, to flounder is to wobble around like a fish out of water.

flounder · ​[intransitive, transitive] to struggle to know what to say or do or how to continue with something · ​[intransitive] to have a lot of problems and to ...

to be unable to move easily because you are in deep water or mud, or cannot see very well. They were floundering chest-deep in the freezing water.

flounder verb [I] (FAIL). If a relationship, organization, or plan flounders, it fails or begins to experience problems: By 1993 his marriage was floundering.

1. to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements: to flounder in the mud. 2. to struggle clumsily, helplessly, or falteringly: I floundered for an excuse.

noun /ˈflaʊndə(r)/ /ˈflaʊndər/ (plural flounder, flounders) a small flat sea fish that is used for food