Noun: flounder
| Singular | flounder |
| Plural | flounder; flounders |
Sample Sentences
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Water Souchy.
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Eels, whitings, soles, flounders, and mackerel are generally used. Stew it in clear fish stock, until done, eight minutes will be enough; add cayenne, catsup, an anchovy, and any other flavouring ingredient; let it boil up, skim, and serve hot altogether in a tureen. [1851, Anne Cobbett, The English Housekeeper, Chapter 13:]
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Blackfishing from the beach. I've done my research. Hundreds of shipwrecks line the Jersey coast, and many of them are close enough to reach with a long cast on a dead-low tide. These wrecks hold tautog, porgies, sea bass, flounder. [2014, Nick Honachefsky, The Jersey Surf Diaries:]
Nouns inflected like flounder
seiyuu,
sensei,
senryu,
whaanau,
xianbing,
samlor,
salumi,
salmon,
sika deer,
shrimp,
shumai,
eastern moa,
Guarani-Kaiowá,
northern shrimp,
izakaya,
pūkeko,
autopaizuri,
yukata,
yueqin,
panzerotti, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Middle English flowndre, from Anglo-Norman floundre, from Old Northern French flondre, from Old Norse flyðra, from Proto-Germanic *flunþrijǭ. Cognate with Danish flynder, German Flunder, Swedish flundra. See: Middle English Nouns '
flowndre', Old Norse Nouns '
flyðra', Danish Nouns '
flynder', German Nouns '
Flunder', Swedish Nouns '
flundra'.
Verbs referencing "flounder"
Danish Nouns
flagermus, Danish Nouns
flynder.