meaning of flouts
1. To throw the limbs and body one way and the other; to spring, turn, or twist with sudden effort or violence; to struggle, as a horse in mire; to flounder; to throw ones self with a jerk or spasm, often as in displeasure.
2. The act of floucing; a sudden, jerking motion of the body.
3. An ornamental appendage to the skirt of a womans dress, consisting of a strip gathered and sewed on by its upper edge around the skirt, and left hanging.
4. To deck with a flounce or flounces; as, to flounce a petticoat or a frock.
5. the act of walking with exaggerated jerky motions
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