Russian-English translations for барахтаться

• dabble
  The children sat on the dock and dabbled their feet in the water
  She’s an actress by trade, but has been known to dabble in poetry
• flounder
  Robert yanked Connies leg vigorously, causing her to flounder and eventually fall.
  He gave a good speech, but floundered when audience members asked questions he could not answer well.
• wallow
  Pigs wallow in the mud
  She wallowed in her misery