flounder

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈflaʊndɚ/

Verb

intransitive

(intransitive) To flop around as a fish out of water. / (intransitive) To make clumsy attempts to move or regain one's balance. / (intransitive) To act clumsily or confused; to struggle or be flustered.

Japanese Meaning

水から上がった魚のようにバタバタと動く、よろめきながらバランスを取ろうともがく / どたばたと、またはぎこちなく動いて行動する

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Left stranded by the receding tide, the small crab began to flounder on the exposed sand.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

引き潮で取り残された小さなカニは、露出した砂の上でもがき始めた。

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Sense（1）

(intransitive) To flop around as a fish out of water.

Sense（2）

(intransitive) To make clumsy attempts to move or regain one's balance.

Robert yanked Connie's leg vigorously, causing her to flounder and eventually fall.

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Sense（3）

(intransitive) To act clumsily or confused; to struggle or be flustered.

They have floundered on from blunder to blunder.

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Sense（4）

To be in serious difficulty.

Meanwhile bus and tram competition was causing the Central London Railway to flounder after its early success, and as for the City & South London ... that had always floundered.

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flounders

（ present singular third-person ）

floundering

（ participle present ）

floundered

（ participle past ）

floundered

（ past ）

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