"flooring" in the noun sense

1. floor, flooring

the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure

"they needed rugs to cover the bare floors"

"we spread our sleeping bags on the dry floor of the tent"

2. flooring

building material used in laying floors

"flooring" in the verb sense

1. shock, floor, ball over, blow out of the water, take aback

surprise greatly knock someone's socks off

"I was floored when I heard that I was promoted"

2. deck, coldcock, dump, knock down, floor

knock down with force

"He decked his opponent"

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