flouncing

flounce in

To move into some place or thing in a bouncy or spasmodic manner. That girl flounced in like she owned the place—typical of someone who's underage.
See also: flounce

flounce into (some place)

To move into some place or thing in a bouncy or spasmodic manner. That girl flounced into the bar like she owned the place—typical of someone who's underage.
See also: flounce

flounce out

To move out of some place or thing in a bouncy or spasmodic manner. Jenna's annoyance was evident by how she flounced out.
See also: flounce, out

flounce out of (some place)

To move out of some place or thing in a bouncy or spasmodic manner. Jenna's annoyance was evident by how she flounced out of the place.
See also: flounce, of, out
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

flounce in (to some place)

to move into a place with exaggerated or jerky motions. A couple of teenagers flounced into the store and started examining the most expensive merchandise. They flounced in and caught the eye of the security guard.
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flounce out (of some place)

to bounce or bound out of some place. She turned up her nose and flounced out of the shop. She flounced out in anger.
See also: flounce, out
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • flounce
  • flounce in
  • flounce into (some place)
  • flounce out of (some place)
  • flock in
  • flock in(to) (some place or thing)
  • barrel in
  • barrel in(to)
  • jump about
  • fly off
References in periodicals archive
Instead of flouncing out on Miss Leibowicz she was her usual unfailingly polite self.
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There's the flouncing Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and tough-guy actor Ray Winstone, who tries to teach Sanjeev how to walk like a Cockney gangster before Sushila brands him a fairy.
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She certainly wasn't shy about flouncing around for most of American Pie 2 wearing nothing but a pair of heels, a bra, and a skimpy G-string.
Not just friends
Perhaps the bashful baker is being punished by GBBO bosses for flouncing off to the States - and forgetting what side his bread was buttered.
Hollywood's career flops
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KEMPTON RUK
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Paul Castles
KISS OFF: Sharon gives host Dermot a peck on the cheek before flouncing out; BUST-UP: X Factor judges Sharon Osbourne and Dannii Minogue; KEN MCKAY/REX FEATURES / WENN/NEWSPICS
VEXED FACTOR; EXCLUSIVE Stroppy Sharon's talked out of quitting show after huge bust-up with Dannii
Her ever cheerful pursuit of a singing career in the face of that most savage of misfortunes - she can't sing - is enough to put those flouncing Pop Idol rejects to eternal shame.
IAN Hy land's TV WEEK: Hear, hear Victoria.
And Mel Gibson evaded some hit men by flouncing about as a flamboyant hairdresser in the 1990 turkey Bird on a Wire.
The gay pretenders
Cue a plunge into depression and a flouncing out of the Twitter community.
HE WOULDN'T HURT A FRY.
Instead of flouncing out on Miss Leibovitz she was her usual unfailingly polite self.
A baying audience thirsting for blood
"I don't do autographs," she said stonily, before flouncing out of the studio.
Meg-a rude Miss Ryan leaves TV's Eamonn in the lurch
It used to amaze me that [gay] singer-front man Freddie Mercury could come flouncing to the front of the stage and address all the hard young boys in the crowd as "my little bathing beauties" and get away with it!
The comfort of glam