Floorboard

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of the long boards laid over joists to make a floor.

    "There was a rat that lived under our duplex. […] It went in and out through a broken floorboard in the porch, and into our kitchens, but we didn’t believe in killing it."

  2. 2
    a board in the floor wordnet
  3. 3
    The floor of a vehicle.

    "The officers said they found two rifles in the car, one on the front floorboard of the vehicle and another on the rear floorboard."

  4. 4
    the floor of an automobile wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To sink the gas pedal into the floorboard of the car, in order to bring the car to the highest possible speed. transitive

    "I floorboarded the gas pedal and cut over sharply to the right, threatening the Cadillac's fenders and its driver's life."

Synonyms

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floor board

Example

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"Tom turned around when he heard the floorboard creak."

Etymology

From floor + board.

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