To struggle clumsily or helplessly
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for a... [DOC] [TLE] Act IV vocab words [PAR] 39) flounder (verb) [FLOUN-der]  1) to struggle with stumbling or plunging 
movements (usually followed by about, along, ... 2) to struggle clumsily or 
helplessly.