FLOUNCE Synonyms

• a proud stiff pompous gait

• to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others

• spring forward on the hind legs

• cause (a horse) to bound spring forward

• ride a horse such that it springs and bounds forward

• a square dance figure; partners circle each other taking sideways steps

• (ballet) quick gliding steps with one foot always leading

• a journey taken for pleasure

• move sideways

• to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others

• perform a chasse step, in ballet

• a proud stiff pompous gait

• brace consisting of a bar or rod used to resist longitudinal compression

• to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others

• an itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of work

• a proud stiff pompous gait

• (British informal) very chic

• to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others

• discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate

• act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner

• controlling influence

• pitching dangerously to one side

• move back and forth or sideways

• move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner

• win approval or support for

• cause to move back and forth

• a wide scope

• someone who cleans soot from chimneys

• winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge

• a long oar used in an open boat

• (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running around the end of the line

• a movement in an arc

• sweep across or over

• move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions

• sweep with a broom or as if with a broom

• force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action

• to cover or extend over an area or time period

• clean by sweeping

• win an overwhelming victory in or on

• cover the entire range of

• make a big sweeping gesture or movement

• a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity

• mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth

• a sweeping blow or stroke

• changing location by moving back and forth

• a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz

• a jaunty rhythm in music

• the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it

• in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball

• a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them

• move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting

• move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner

• change direction with a swinging motion; turn

• influence decisively

• make a big sweeping gesture or movement

• hang loosely

• hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement

• alternate dramatically between high and low values

• live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style

• have a certain musical rhythm

• be a social swinger; socialize a lot

• play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm

• engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends

• a brushing or rustling sound

• elegant and fashionable

• move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound

• (paleontology) a bony plate that curves upward behind the skull of many ceratopsian dinosaurs

• an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal

• a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim

• ornamental objects of no great value

• a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim

• a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim

• a high tight collar

• a noisy fight

• stir up (water) so as to form ripples

• trouble or vex

• to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others

• discompose

• twitch or flutter

• mix so as to make a random order or arrangement

• erect or fluff up

• disturb the smoothness of

• pleat or gather into a ruffle