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Rareflooring
The correct spelling is flooring.
How to pronounce flooring
verb
Say it like: Floo-rin-g
The correct spelling is flooring. To cover or furnish with a floor. For example: "floor a house with pine boards"
Usage Examples
“floor a house with pine boards”
“As soon as our driver saw an insurgent in a car holding a detonation device, he floored the pedal and was 2,000 feet away when that car bomb exploded. We escaped certain death in the nick of time!”
“Floored or crushed by him. — Coleridge”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To cover or furnish with a floor.
- 2.To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down.
- 3.(driving) To accelerate rapidly.
- 4.To silence by a conclusive answer or retort.
- 5.To amaze or greatly surprise.
noun
- 1.A floor.
- 2.A material used to make floors.
- 3.The act of putting one's opponent on the floor; a knockdown.
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