floored

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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.

  1. (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.

  2. 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.

  3. (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.

  4. Stock Exchange, Banking. being, having, or involving a floating interest rate for which a minimum level has been set: If your mortgage has a floored rate, your interest rate will not drop below that rate even if the base rate falls.: Compare capped (def. 4a).

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

Origin of floored

1
First recorded in 1550–60; 1995–2000 for def. 6; floor + -ed2 for the adjective senses; floor + -ed1 for the verb sense

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