The Clue
Absolutely astound (5 letter answer)
The Answer
FLOOR
Tags
Notes
The answer FLOOR is uncommon, appearing about once every 575 puzzles.
Related Clues
Amaze
Astound
Flabbergast
Nonplus
Story
Blow away
Bowl over
Elevator stop
Kind of plan
Knock down
Knock for a loop
Knock senseless
Right to speak
Kind of board or walker
Knock the socks off
React to gunfire, maybe
Speed away, with "it"
Definition
FLOOR as a noun:
1. (floor, flooring) = the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room or hallway); "they needed rugs to cover the bare floors"
2. (floor, level, storey, story) = a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale; "what level is the office on?"
3. (floor, base) = a lower limit; "the government established a wage floor"
4. the ground on which people and animals move about; "the fire spared the forest floor"
5. the bottom surface of any a cave or lake etc.
6. the occupants of a floor; "the whole floor complained about the lack of heat"
7. the parliamentary right to address an assembly; "the chairman granted him the floor"
8. the legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business; "there was a motion from the floor"
9. (floor, trading floor) = a large room in a stock exchange where the trading is done; "he is a floor trader"
FLOOR as a verb:
1. (shock, stun, floor, ball over, blow out of the water, take aback) = surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off; "I was floored when I heard that I was promoted"
2. (deck, coldcock, dump, knock down, floor) = knock down with force; "He decked his opponent"