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Flitted
- verb - move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart; "The hummingbird flitted among the branches"
Floated
- verb - allow (currencies) to fluctuate; "The government floated the ruble for a few months"
- be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
- be in motion due to some air or water current; "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore"
- circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with; "The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform"
- convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation; "float data"
- make the surface of level or smooth; "float the plaster"
- move lightly, as if suspended; "The dancer floated across the stage"
- put into the water; "float a ship"
- set afloat; "He floated the logs down the river"; "The boy floated his toy boat on the pond"
Flocked
- verb - come together as in a cluster or flock; "The poets constellate in this town every summer"
- move as a crowd or in a group; "Tourists flocked to the shrine where the statue was said to have shed tears"
Flogged
- verb - beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
- beat with a cane
- Sell (slang)
- Whipped
Flooded
- verb - become filled to overflowing; "Our basement flooded during the heavy rains"
- cover with liquid, usually water; "The swollen river flooded the village"; "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes"
- covered with water; "the main deck was afloat (or awash)"; "the monsoon left the whole place awash"; "a flooded bathroom"; "inundated farmlands"; "an overflowing tub"
- fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"
- supply with an excess of; "flood the market with tennis shoes"; "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient"
Floored
- verb - Baffled or confused or flummoxed
- knock down with force; "He decked his opponent"
- provided with a floor
- surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off; "I was floored when I heard that I was promoted"
Flopped
- verb - fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered"
- fall loosely; "He flopped into a chair"
- fall suddenly and abruptly
Floured
- verb - convert grain into flour
- cover with flour; "flour fish or meat before frying it"
Flouted
- verb - laugh at with contempt and derision; "The crowd jeered at the speaker"
- treat with contemptuous disregard; "flout the rules"