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floored
[ flawrd ]
adjective
- covered or furnished with a floor:
The house even has a floored attic with two usable rooms.
- brought down to the floor or ground; knocked down:
The boxer dealt a finishing blow to his floored opponent.
- (of an accelerator pedal) pushed down all the way to the floor of a vehicle, for maximum speed or power:
In these low-end sports cars there鈥檚 still significant lag in response to a floored gas pedal.
- nonplussed or puzzled:
The goalie was shy and not interested in the spotlight鈥攈e seemed floored when I asked him to sign my son's jersey.
- (of an argument) shown to be untenable; overthrown:
You claim to have saved money by not buying a new car, but given how much you鈥檝e spent on repairs, this seems a floored argument.
- Stock Exchange, Banking. being, having, or involving a floating interest rate for which a minimum level has been set: Compare capped ( def 4a ).
If your mortgage has a floored rate, your interest rate will not drop below that rate even if the base rate falls.
verb
- the simple past tense and past participle of floor.
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of floored1
Example Sentences
There was controversy the last time they fought when Usyk was floored in the fifth round but the punch was declared a low blow by the referee.
California Highway Patrol officers were floored by the 鈥榥ext level monkey business鈥 they discovered inside a speeding Rolls-Royce Ghost in Madera County on Monday night.
鈥淭hey just floored me,鈥 Davis tells The Times of his initial encounter with the group as it opened a show for John Sebastian of the Lovin鈥 Spoonful.
As a filmmaker, seeing these stills of Chicanos reimagining Hollywood, I was so floored and excited.
I don鈥檛 even know the guy鈥檚 name, but it floored me to see someone that I鈥檇 seen in the movies.
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