flinder
See also: flinders
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /flɪndə/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Norwegian flindra.
Alternative forms
- flender (Scotland)
Noun
flinder (plural flinders)
- A small piece or fragment; a thin slice; splinter
Etymology 2
From Middle English flindre. Compare Dutch vlinder.
Noun
flinder (plural flinders)
- (obsolete or dialectal) A butterfly.
Verb
flinder (third-person singular simple present flinders, present participle flindering, simple past and past participle flindered)
- (intransitive) To flirt; run about in a fluttering manner
Anagrams
- frindle