flounder

flounder

1. kampela

Synonyymisanakirja

flounder

kampela, ruostekampela, punakampela.

Rimmaavat sanat

flounder rimmaa näiden kanssa:

cheerleader, outsider...

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Englannin sanakirja

flounder (englanti > suomi)

1. kampela

2. pyörähtää

3. kompuroida, horjua

4. kompuroida

flounder englanniksi

1. A European species of flatfish having dull brown colouring with reddish-brown blotches; fluke, European flounder, (taxlink).

2. puhekieltä Any of various flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae or Bothidae.

3. A bootmaker's tool for crimping boot fronts.

4. puhekieltä To flop around as a fish out of water.

5. puhekieltä To make clumsy attempts to move or regain one's balance.

Robert yanked Connies leg vigorously, causing her to flounder and eventually fall.''

6. puhekieltä To act clumsy clumsily or confused; to struggle or be flustered.

7. Sir W. Hamilton

They have floundered on from blunder to blunder.

He gave a good speech, but floundered when audience members asked questions he could not answer well.

8. 1996, w:Janette Turner Hospital|Janette Turner Hospital, w:Oyster (novel)|Oyster, Virago Press, paperback edition, page 136

He is assessing directions, but he is not lost, not floundering.

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