flooring

Plural: floorings

Noun

• Material used for making floors; a floor itself.
• the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
• building material used in laying floors
• A floor.
• A material used to make floors.
• The act of putting one's opponent on the floor; a knockdown.

Verb

• surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off
• knock down with force
• present participle and gerund of floor

Examples

• The custom flooring of the game board had elegant patterns, distracting from the intense play.

Synonyms

ball over, blow out of the water, coldcock, deck, dump, floor, knock down, shock, take aback