floored

[ flawrd ]

adjective

1. covered or furnished with a floor:

   The house even has a floored attic with two usable rooms.

2. brought down to the floor or ground; knocked down:

   The boxer dealt a finishing blow to his floored opponent.

3. (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’s still significant lag in response to a floored gas pedal.

4. nonplussed or puzzled:

   The goalie was shy and not interested in the spotlight—he seemed floored when I asked him to sign my son's jersey.

5. (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’ve spent on repairs, this seems a floored argument.

6. 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

1. the simple past tense and past participle of floor.

Word History and Origins

Origin of floored¹

First recorded in 1550–60; 1995–2000 floored fordef 6; floor ( def ) + -ed ²( def ) for the adjective senses; floor ( def ) + -ed ¹( def ) for the verb sense

Example Sentences

Bellingham was floored by defender Liam Scales, who received a second yellow card.

From BBC

In the blink of an eye, England were floored.

From BBC

Wardley, 29, landed a heavy, looping right hand to hurt the challenger and floored him with another ferocious right.

From BBC

It was not counted as a knockdown, but Dubois continued the assault until Joshua was floored again.

From BBC

Dressback was floored by the charges, and countered each in her rebuttal, which she asked to have filed with the state Department of Education in response to Freeman’s report.

From Salon

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