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flounderer

flounderer noun: one who flounders, who behaves clumsily without direction.

Noun (1)

flounderer (plural flounderers)

  1. One who flounders, who behaves clumsily without direction.

Noun (2)

flounderer (plural flounderers)

  1. Someone who fishes for flounder.

Forms of flounderer

pluralflounderers

Origin of flounderer

From flounder (verb) + -er.

From flounder (noun) + -er.

Questions about flounderer

What does flounderer mean?
Flounderer means one who flounders, who behaves clumsily without direction.
What part of speech is flounderer?
Flounderer is a noun.
What is the plural of flounderer?
The plural of flounderer is flounderers.

Words near flounderer in the dictionary

  1. flouncingly
  2. flouncings
  3. flouncy
  4. flounder
  5. floundered
  6. flounderer
  7. flounderers
  8. floundering
  9. flounderingly
  10. flounderings
  11. flounderish

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