flounces 1 of 2

plural of flounce
as in edgings
a strip of fabric gathered or pleated on one edge and used as trimming a prom dress with small flounces along the hem

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flounces

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verb

present tense third-person singular of flounce

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Noun
  • Her daughter, Amaya, wore a baby pink floor-length dress with ruffles.
    Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Erbert Hough could be seen wearing a red dress with ruffles down the back and along the skirt, kissing her professional dancer husband in one photo.
    Hannah Sacks, People.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Sport and Performance trims are both available with 9-speed automatic transmissions or 6-speed manual transmissions, while the NISMO is only available with the 9-speed automatic.
    Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 10 Sep. 2025
  • After six decades of cuts, trims, stories and laughter, Ramona’s beloved barber Wayne Channon has retired.
    Stephanie Ogilvie, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Some are happily established, while others are trapped in a migratory nightmare or even detained between borders.
    Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
  • For companies trading across borders, this inconsistency creates real headaches.
    Aleksandra Bal, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Joe, glowering, stalks off through the crowd, clambers into his vehicle, and drives off.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025
  • What tension there is comes from a few short sections in which Helgi’s violent ex, Bergthora, stalks Anita.
    Bruce DeSilva, Boston Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The only actor who looks at home here is Chloë Sevigny as Kim, the resident Yale Philosophy Department psychotherapist, who struts through the movie in a series of baggy suits and a curly bowl haircut that wouldn’t be out of place on the Beverly Hillbillies’ Miss Jane Hathaway.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 29 Aug. 2025
  • But the Maginot instead crashes in a part of southeast Asia that’s the dominion of Prodigy, a corporation founded by Boy Kavalier (Samuel Blenkin), an overgrown child obsessed with Peter Pan, who struts around his research facility barefoot in pajamas.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The discount chain Aldi, known for its low prices and no frills approach to grocery shopping, is planning to open more than 225 new stores nationwide in 2025.
    Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
  • This prediction suggests that black holes are fundamentally simple objects with no frills.
    Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The operations in Boston and Chicago are modeled after the June immigration sweeps in Los Angeles.
    Taylor Romine, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The council vote came a day after the Supreme Court’s conservative majority lifted a restraining order issued by a lower court that prohibited federal agents conducting immigration sweeps from stopping people based solely on their race, language, job or location.
    Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Simple exercises, such as ball squeezes, towel twists, dead hangs, and farmers' carries, can build grip strength using everyday items or basic equipment.
    Aubrey Bailey, Verywell Health, 8 Sep. 2025
  • More greenery hangs from the ceiling and is perched on the staircase.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Flounces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flounces. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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