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▪ I. floundering, vbl. n.|ˈflaʊndərɪŋ|
[f. flounder v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb flounder; a plunging, struggling, or stumbling; also fig.
1726Adv. Capt. R. Boyle 351, I was..in danger of..having my Brains dash'd out with his Hoofs in his Floundering. 1868Less. Mid. Age 202 A little floundering for words..might add to the impression made by this speaker. 188319th Cent. Sept. 513 A floundering that may only plunge us deeper into the mire.
▪ II. floundering, ppl. a.|ˈflaʊndərɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That flounders; plunging and tossing; stumbling. Also fig.
1592Nash Pierce Penilesse E ij b, Report (which our moderners clippe flundring Fame). 1642H. More Song of Soul i. i. xvii, Th' unruly flundring steeds wrought his confusion. 1852Mrs. Stowe Uncle Tom's C. viii, The swollen current and floundering masses of ice. 1887T. A. Trollope What I remember I. xvii. 346 The postboys..dismounted from their floundering horses. 1887Saintsbury Hist. Elizab. Lit. i. (1890) 12 There is nothing here of Wyatt's floundering prosody. |