deal vs floorboard

deal

noun
  • A plank of softwood (fir or pine board). 

  • A transaction offered which is financially beneficial; a bargain. 

  • An agreement between parties; an arrangement. 

  • The distribution of cards to players; a player's turn for this. 

  • Male genitalia. 

  • A particular instance of trading (buying or selling; exchanging; bartering); a transaction. 

  • A thing, an unspecified or unidentified object. 

  • Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir). 

  • A situation, occasion, or event. 

  • An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by great or good). 

verb
  • To trade professionally (followed by in). 

  • To handle, to manage, to cope. 

  • To be concerned with. 

  • To pitch. 

  • To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share. 

  • To have dealings or business. 

  • To administer or give out, as in small portions. 

  • To sell, especially to sell illicit drugs. 

  • To distribute cards to the players in a game. 

  • To conduct oneself, to behave. 

  • deliver damage, a blow, strike or cut. To inflict. 

adj
  • Made of deal. 

floorboard

noun
  • Any of the long boards laid over joists to make a floor. 

  • The floor of a car. 

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

How often have the words deal and floorboard occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )