Floater definition
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One that floats or is capable of floating.
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An employee who is reassigned from job to job or shift to shift within an operation.
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An insurance policy that protects movable property in transit or regularly subject to use in varying places.
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One who wanders; a drifter.
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One who votes illegally in different polling places.
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(slang) A corpse found floating in a body of water.
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A deposit of material in the vitreous humor of the eye, usually consisting of aggregations of cells or proteins that have detached from the retina, perceived as a spot or thread in the visual field.
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A knuckleball.
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A person or thing that floats.
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A person who illegally casts a vote at each of several polling places.
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A person who changes his or her place of residence or work at frequent intervals; drifter; esp., a transient laborer.
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An employee who works at various tasks, times, or locations, as required by an employer.
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An insurance policy covering movable property irrespective of its location at the time of loss.
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A speck that appears to float before the eye, caused by a defect or impurity in the vitreous humor.
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A deposit of material in the vitreous humor of the eye, usually consisting of aggregations of cells or proteins that have detached from the retina, perceived as a spot or thread in the visual field.
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Debt securities that have a variable interest rate that is tied to another interest rate instrument, such as the 10-year U.S. Treasury note rate. A floating debt issue spreads the risk that interest rates will change unfavorably between the debt issuer and the debt purchaser.
A threadlike speck in the visual field that seems to move, possibly caused by degeneration of the vitreous humour.
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An "extra" male at a dinner party, or a young friend of the hostess, whose assignment is to entertain the female guests.
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(surfing) 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.
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(slang) 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.
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(Australia) A pie floater.
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Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
floater
Plural:
floaters