flounced

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In a moment she flounced back, red with shame and anger--flounced forth from the fairest, whitest, dapperest dairy, wherein was all of the best that the keenest dairy-maid might need.

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  1. noun A strip of decorative, usually gathered or pleated material attached by one edge, as on a garment or curtain.
  2. transitive verb To trim with a strip or strips of gathered or pleated material.
  3. intransitive verb To move in a lively or bouncy manner: The children flounced around the room in their costumes.
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  • The flounced, ruffled dresses of the Ladies and Marquises and Baronesses floated on the streams of sound, like miniature sailing ships. —  F ;SF; - vol 086 issue 05 - May 1994
  • Hutton flounced, and accidentally struck the bronze man's mustache, so that the mustache was knocked askew and it became plainly evident that the mustache was false Suddenly, the men found themselves confronted by policemen. —  049 - The Mental Wizard
  • Fluffy, flounced, vinyl complete with pocket for mobile phone, G-strings that fall away at the clap of hands, and of course the strawberry-flavoured.
  • Fluffy, flounced, vinyl complete with pocket for mobile phone, G-strings that fall away at the clap of hands, and of course the strawberry-flavored.
  • Or more precisely has pre-flounced, announcing today on the World at One that he won't be seeking a second term as Britain's representative on the Commission when his current one expires in 2009. —  Benedict Brogan's political blog
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