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Floater

Noun

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1.NounA person who floats. A person who physically floats in a gas or liquid. A corpse floating in a body of water. A person without a fixed or lasting affiliation, position, or role. A person who frequently changes where they live; a drifter, a vagrant.
2.NounA person who physically floats in a gas or liquid. A corpse floating in a body of water.
3.NounA corpse floating in a body of water.
4.NounA person without a fixed or lasting affiliation, position, or role. A person who frequently changes where they live; a drifter, a vagrant.
5.NounA person who frequently changes where they live; a drifter, a vagrant.
6.NounA person who frequently changes employment.
7.NounAn employee of an organization who does not have fixed tasks to do but fills in wherever needed, usually when someone else is away; also, a short-term employee; a temporary, a temp.
8.NounAn "extra" (male) guest at a party who is asked by the host to entertain the other (often female) guests.
9.NounA person who attaches themselves to a group of people, and who repeatedly shows up at group activities even though this is undesired by the group; a hanger-on.
10.NounA voter who shifts their allegiance from one political party to another, especially one whose vote can be illegally purchased. A person who votes illegally in various electoral districts or polling places, either under a false voter registration or under the name of a properly registered voter who has not yet voted. A person, such as a delegate to a convention or a member of a legislature, who represents an irregular constituency, such as one formed by a union of the voters of two counties neither of which has a number sufficient to be allowed one (or an extra) representative of its own.
11.NounA voter who shifts their allegiance from one political party to another, especially one whose vote can be illegally purchased.
12.NounA person who votes illegally in various electoral districts or polling places, either under a false voter registration or under the name of a properly registered voter who has not yet voted.
13.NounA person, such as a delegate to a convention or a member of a legislature, who represents an irregular constituency, such as one formed by a union of the voters of two counties neither of which has a number sufficient to be allowed one (or an extra) representative of its own.
14.NounA player not affiliated with a team.
15.NounA thing which floats. A thing which physically floats in a gas or liquid. A river mussel (genus Anodonta). A small suet dumpling put into soup. A piece of faeces which floats.
"He left a floater in the toilet."
16.NounA thing which physically floats in a gas or liquid. A river mussel (genus Anodonta). A small suet dumpling put into soup. A piece of faeces which floats.
"He left a floater in the toilet."
17.NounA river mussel (genus Anodonta).
18.NounA small suet dumpling put into soup.
19.NounA piece of faeces which floats.
"He left a floater in the toilet."
20.NounA threadlike speck in the visual field which seems to move, possibly caused by degeneration of the vitreous humour of the eye.
21.NounA ball that moves lightly through the air, as if floating; specifically , an early layup taken by a player moving towards the rim where, upon release, the ball floats in the air over the top of a defender before dropping softly into the hoop.
22.NounEllipsis of pie floater (“a meat pie served floating in a bowl of thick green pea soup”).
23.NounA waterproof sandal.
24.NounA thing which moves from place to place, as if floating. A mistake or misstep; a faux pas.
25.NounA mistake or misstep; a faux pas.
26.NounClipping of floating rate bond.
27.NounAn insurance policy covering movable property at more than one location or which may be in transit.
28.NounA book circulated between prisoners which is not part of the official prison library.
29.NounA manoeuvre in which a surfer transitions above the unbroken face of a wave on to the lip, or on top of the breaking section of the wave.
30.NounA spinning delivery of the ball that travels in a high arched path.
31.NounA coin which does not spin when thrown in the air.
32.NounA criminal sentence which is suspended so long as the convicted person leaves an area.
33.NounA frame with space between the artwork and the frame itself.
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