An act of flooding; a flood or gush.
Used in a Sentence
flooding
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for flooding.
Editorial note
The market is saturated and we're flooding it with consumers who have access to more and more money.
Examples14
Definitions3
Parts of speech1
Quick take
An act of flooding; a flood or gush.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of flooding gathered in one view.
(psychology, figurative) Emotional overwhelm sometimes leading to a primal state of rage or panic.
(psychology) A form of therapy that treats a phobia by suddenly exposing the patient to the object of the phobia, instead of approaching it gradually.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for flooding.
noun
An act of flooding; a flood or gush.
See also: high, swollen, overflowing, implosion-therapy, in-flood
noun
(psychology, figurative) Emotional overwhelm sometimes leading to a primal state of rage or panic.
See also: high, swollen, overflowing, implosion-therapy, in-flood
noun
(psychology) A form of therapy that treats a phobia by suddenly exposing the patient to the object of the phobia, instead of approaching it gradually.
See also: high, swollen, overflowing, implosion-therapy, in-flood
Example sentences
The market is saturated and we're flooding it with consumers who have access to more and more money.
So the oceans are going to rise, flooding out couple billion coastal residents over the next 50 years?
Excess water overflows into the same channels as before, so there is no risk of flooding.
Unfortunately the fact that stories can't be voted down means that there's no penalty (at least as far as karma is concerned) for flooding the site with submissions.
In a SYN flooding attack, large numbers of SYN packets with fake source addresses are sent.
Somebody seems to have found a way to constantly broadcast system messages and is flooding chat.
Precisely the time you'd need the backup generators was when the basements were flooding.
I once drove my car during a flash flood, and wound up flooding the engine and ruining it.
SYN flooding attacks could tie up all of a server's connection resources until the connection attempt timed out after a minute or two.
China has so much excess domestic steel capacity that they are now flooding the international export market and the price of Coil has tanked.
Further, people want large changes like dams to reduce flooding, drainage etc.
A lot of that decline is due to scripters flooding the site.
Quote examples
This isn't even "the big one" as the OP describes, much less "the really big one", but it's a rough description of where the flooding will happen.
Anyone that doesn't know that specific technology must be a dullard who will never be able to 'get it.' Right now huge numbers of new people are flooding the industry and their stature as managers or "seniors" in the company after one or two years is far above their experience level.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use flooding in a sentence?
The market is saturated and we're flooding it with consumers who have access to more and more money.
What does flooding mean?
An act of flooding; a flood or gush.
What part of speech is flooding?
flooding is commonly used as noun.