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Definition: FLOORER |
FLOORERNoun1. Anything that floors or upsets a person, as a blow that knocks him down; a conclusive answer or retort; a task that exceeds one's abilities. |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Floorer That was a floorer. That blow knocked the man down on the floor. In the university we say, "That paper or question was a floorer;" meaning it was too hard to be mastered. (See above.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
floorer | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "FLOORER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | marangoz (carpenter, joiner, woodworker). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | сразяващ удар, озадачаващ въпрос. (various references) | |
French | casse tête. (various references) | |
Hungarian | lesújtó csapás. (various references) | |
Manx | laareyder. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oorerflay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | pergunta difícil (touchy question), notícia desconcertante, murro (bop, jab, punch, sock, thump), golpe (bat, biff, blast, blow, bop, coup, dint, drive, hit, jab, knock, mouthful, putsch, scotch, smasher, sockdolager, stroke, swat). (various references) | |
Romanian | veste uluitoare care te dã peste cap, subiect greu, parchetar, loviturã zdrobitoare (smashing blow), ştire senzaţionalã (eye opener, front page news, scoop, stunt), argument zdrobitor. (various references) | |
Russian | сногсшибательный удар. (various references) | |
Spanish | limpiador de piso. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | рішуча відсіч, тесля, приголомшлива новина. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | câu hỏi khó. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "FLOORER": floorers. (additional references) | |
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"FLOORER" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: flooer, Floo'er, floore, flooser, fluger, foerer, Foorler. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "FLOORER" (pronounced 'Floor"er'): Abaser, Abater, Abider, Abjurer, Abridger, Absconder, Absenter, Absolver, Absorber, Abstainer, Abstracter, Abuser, Acceder, Accepter, Acclaimer, Accorder, Accruer, Accuser, Achiever, Acquirer, Adherer, Adjudger, Adjurer, Adjuster, Admirer, Adopter, Adorer, Adorner, Advertiser, Adviser, Advoyer, Affecter, Affirmer, Afflicter, Affrayer, Affreighter, Affrighter, Affronter, Aflicker, Agreer, Aider, Aimer, Airer, Aliner, Allayer, Alleger, Allower, Allurer, Altogether, Amasser. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-f-l-o-o-r-r" | |
-1 letter: reroof, rolfer, roofer. | |
-2 letters: floor, frore. | |
-3 letters: floe, fool, fore, froe, loof, lore, oleo, orle, role, rolf, roof. | |
-4 letters: elf, err, fer, foe, for, fro, loo, ole, ore, ref, roe. | |
-5 letters: ef, el, er, lo, oe, of, or, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-f-l-o-o-r-r" | |
+1 letter: floorers. | |
+2 letters: forlorner. | |
+3 letters: cornflower, forlornest. | |
+4 letters: cornflowers, electroform, floorwalker, floriferous, fluorometer, fluorometry, foolhardier, foreclosure, forlornness, microflorae, pilferproof, profiterole. | |
+5 letters: chloroformed, electroforms, ferrosilicon, flameproofer, floorwalkers, fluorochrome, fluorometers, fluorometric, foreclosures, professorial, profiteroles, retroflexion. | |
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