"floorer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: floorers [plural]
Etymology: floor + -er Etymology templates: {{affix|en|floor|-er|id2=agent noun}} floor + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} floorer (plural floorers)
  1. Someone who floors, lays flooring. Translations (someone who floors): vloerder [masculine] (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-floorer-en-noun-BXb8QVGi Disambiguation of 'someone who floors': 77 4 0 3 6 10
  2. (UK) In skittles, the act of knocking down all of the skittles in one throw. Tags: UK
    Sense id: en-floorer-en-noun-Pabkolmi Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 41 1 10 42 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 30 1 25 37 2
  3. (informal) A knock-down blow. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-floorer-en-noun-OEaiX3t2
  4. (informal) A decisive retort. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-floorer-en-noun-h8QFx8xR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 41 1 10 42 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 30 1 25 37 2
  5. (informal) A question that one cannot easily answer; a poser. Tags: informal Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-floorer-en-noun-el4cLFpU Disambiguation of People: 41 4 0 1 54 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 41 1 10 42 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 30 1 25 37 2 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 6 29 2 22 37 4
  6. (in combination, rare) A building with the specified number of floors. Tags: in-compounds, rare
    Sense id: en-floorer-en-noun-TIOBYMCi

Inflected forms

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