flounder

ponnistella, kompuroida

kampela

horjua, räpiköidä A European species of flatfish having dull brown colouring with reddish-brown blotches; fluke, European flounder, (taxlink).
puhekieltä Any of various flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae or Bothidae.
A bootmaker's tool for crimping boot fronts.
puhekieltä To flop around as a fish out of water.
puhekieltä To make clumsy attempts to move or regain one's balance.

Robert yanked Connies leg vigorously, causing her to flounder and eventually fall.''

They have floundered on from blunder to blunder.

He gave a good speech, but floundered when audience members asked questions he could not answer well.

He is assessing directions, but he is not lost, not floundering.