Definition of floaters Floaters

/flowˈtɚz/ - [flowterz] -

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Noun Plural: floaters
floater - an object that floats or is capable of floating
		physical object, object a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"
floater - a swimmer who floats in the water
		natator, bather, swimmer a person who takes a bath
floater - an insurance policy covering loss of movable property (e.g. jewelry) regardless of its location
		floating policy
floater - a voter who votes illegally at different polling places in the same election
floater - an employee who is reassigned from job to job as needed
floater - a debt instrument with a variable interest rate tied to some other interest rate (e.g. the rate paid by T-bills)
floater - a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
		vagrant, drifter, vagabond
		roamer, bird of passage, rover, wanderer any bird that migrates seasonally
		have-not, poor person a person with few or no possessions
		beachcomber a vagrant living on a beach
		sundowner a drink taken at sundown
floater - spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens; "floaters seem to drift through the field of vision"
		musca volitans, muscae volitantes, spots

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floater (Noun)
agent Agent noun of float; one who or that which floats.
floater (Noun)
An employee of a company who does not have fixed tasks to do but fills in wherever needed, usually when someone else is away.
floater (Noun)
A threadlike speck in the visual field that seems to move, possibly caused by degeneration of the vitreous humour .
floater (Noun)
An "extra" male at a dinner party, or a young friend of the hostess, whose assignment is to entertain the female guests.
floater (Noun)
insurance A policy covering property at more than one location or which may be in transit.
floater (Noun)
police jargon A floating corpse picked up from a body of water.
floater (Noun)
An unaffiliated player.
floater (Noun)
A maneuver in which a surfer transitions above the unbroken face of the wave onto the lip, or on top of the breaking section of the wave.
floater (Noun)
A piece of faeces that floats.
floater (Noun)
A coin which does not spin when thrown in the air.
floater (Noun)
Someone who attaches themselves to a group of people, much to the dismay of that group, and repeatedly shows up to participate in group activities despite attempts to get rid of, or “flush,” that person.
floater (Noun)
A pie floater .