Floun·der, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Floundered p. pr. & vb. n. Floundering.] To fling the limbs and body, as in making efforts to move; to struggle, as a horse in the mire, or as a fish on land; to roll, toss, and tumble; to flounce.
They have floundered on from blunder to blunder. --Sir W. Hamilton.