To save this word, you’ll need to log in. Flounder is a relatively common verb that current evidence dates to the late flounder fish century, when it was likely born by means of an alteration of an older verb, founder.

The two have been confused ever since. The horses were floundering through the deep snow. He was floundering around in the pool like an amateur. After watching me flounder for a few minutes, my instructor took over. Go to a fishmonger and smell the head of a flounder. Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Nov. The menu includes tasty meals like a flounder and oyster dish with fume blac, green apple, potato, bock choy and turnips.

The Blacks partner with local fishermen to get underused species like rockfish, flounder, lingcod and mackerel, fish that are being caught but aren’t showing up on menus. Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 7 Oct. The album, featuring a clean-cut Willie Nelson on the cover wearing a conservative suit and tie, flopped like a flounder out of water. Little Lagoon, once a fishing mecca for mullet and flounder, has long been transformed into a brackish waterway infiltrated with algae blooms. Joe Fabiano has had a boat for most of his life, often taking it out to Boston Harbor to cast a line and catch flounder and stripers. Airline prides itself on offering the freshest Gulf seafood, including red fish, grouper, flounder and snow crab.

Fishermen can catch blue crab, spotted and sand seatrout, sea catfish, red drum, and southern flounder in the island’s waters. Students who need more time can flounder in such a system. Frankenstein are decent together, but alone, both actors flounder with the cheesy, overwritten dialogue. As long as the Lakers continue to flounder the speculation surrounding James is bound to continue, as is the talk of the Suns potentially being a candidate for the superstar’s next team. Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 15 Nov.

If the unit does not improve and establish some consistency, the passing attack will continue to flounder. While Cleveland has continued to flounder with two straight losses, the Bucs are maybe hitting a stride after winning their last two, and in a likely benefit to Brady and Co. Iran nuclear deal, continues to flounder despite efforts by the Biden administration to prioritize it even at the expense of human rights. Peter Aitken, Fox News, 2 Oct. Sure, eventually things get explained, but there’s a long stretch in which the episode just lets audiences figure things out or flounder.