floorboard

== English == === Alternative forms === floor-board === Etymology === From floor +‎ board. === Noun === floorboard (plural floorboards) Any of the long boards laid over joists to make a floor. (automotive) The floor of a vehicle. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === floorboard (third-person singular simple present floorboards, present participle floorboarding, simple past and past participle floorboarded) (transitive) To sink the gas pedal into the floorboard of the car, in order to bring the car to the highest possible speed. ==== Translations ====