Meaning

1 senses

  1. To sink the gas pedal into the floorboard of the car, in order to bring the car to the highest possible speed.

Examples

20 sentences

  1. Tom ripped up the floorboards with a crowbar.

    ruТом оторвал половые доски лапчатым ломом. — sharptoothed

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  2. Tom knelt down and lifted up the floorboard.

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

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  4. Tom pried up some floorboards, looking for the gold coins.

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  5. Tom pried up the floorboards looking for the hidden gold coins.

    ruТом снимал половицы в поисках спрятанных золотых монет. — Ooneykcall

    deTom stemmte die Bodendielen hoch und suchte nach den versteckten Goldmünzen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

From floor + board.

From floor + board.

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Forms

floorboards, floorboarding, floorboarded, floorboarded
Base formfloorboard · to floorboard
3rd person singularfloorboards
Present participlefloorboarding
Past simplefloorboarded
Past participlefloorboarded

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfloorboard
he, she, itfloorboards

Past simpleLesson

all personsfloorboarded

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave floorboarded
he, she, ithas floorboarded

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill floorboard

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
flooffloorA1flop
floorboard — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto