Sunday, July 12, 2015

flounder

flounder     [Floun-der]

verb.  to struggle clumsily; wobble around

"Microsoft announced it would cut 7,800 jobs, largely in the phone business, which has floundered beneath the dominance of Apple's iPhones and the smartphones powered by Google's Android"
"Greece's economy is floundering in the swamp of depression, barely holding in the Eurozone."
"The boy is floundering about in the water."

A flounder is also a bottom-dwelling fish with both eyes on one side of its head.  "A flounder would flounder with both eyes on one side while swimming."

1 comment:

  1. Fish! WHere did you find it, I can use it in articles!

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