flinder
/flɪndə/
flinder noun: a small piece or fragment; a thin slice; splinter.
Noun (1)
flinder (plural flinders)
- A small piece or fragment; a thin slice; splinter
- “It’s to swear to stand by one another, and never tell the gang’s secrets, even if you’re chopped all to flinders, and kill anybody and all his family that hurts one of the gang.”1876, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XXXV, in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 273
Noun (2)
flinder (plural flinders)
Verb
flinder (third-person singular simple present flinders, present participle flindering, simple past and past participle flindered)
- To flirt; run about in a fluttering manner
Forms of flinder
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | flinders |
| alternative form | flender |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | flinders |
| present participle | flindering |
| past participle | flindered |
| past | flindered |
Origin of flinder
From Middle English flendris, of North Germanic origin, from or related to Norwegian flindra, from Proto-Germanic *flintaz, from Proto-Indo-European *splind- (“to split, cleave”).
From Middle English flindre. Compare Dutch vlinder.
Words formed from flinder
Questions about flinder
- What does flinder mean?
- Flinder means a small piece or fragment; a thin slice; splinter.
- What part of speech is flinder?
- Flinder can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce flinder?
- Flinder is pronounced /flɪndə/.
- What is the plural of flinder?
- The plural of flinder is flinders.
Words near flinder in the dictionary
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