noun Download 🔗Share Agent noun of float; one who or that which floats. Examples : "Sentence: "The colorful rubber ducks were the best floaters in the bathtub." " physics nautical medicine Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An employee of a company who does not have fixed tasks to do but fills in wherever needed, usually when someone else is away. Examples : "Because several team members were on vacation, the company relied heavily on its floaters to cover various departments. " job business organization work Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An unaffiliated player. Examples : "Because the team captains already chose their players, the remaining students were floaters, waiting to be picked as substitutes if anyone got hurt. " group sport Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A voter who shifts from party to party, especially one whose vote can be purchased. Examples : "During the local election, both campaigns tried to win over the floaters with promises of better schools and lower taxes. " politics government Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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 a (or an extra) representative of its own. Examples : "The two counties' voters united to elect floaters to represent them in the state legislature. " politics government state Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share One who votes illegally in various polling places or election districts, either under false registration made by himself or under the name of some properly registered person who has not already voted. Examples : "The news report described how floaters, using stolen identities and multiple fake registrations, tried to rig the local election. " politics government law Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An "extra" male at a dinner party, or a young friend of the hostess, whose assignment is to entertain the female guests. Examples : ""Since there were more women than men invited to Sarah's party, she asked a few of her younger cousins to be floaters and keep the female guests company." " culture entertainment society human person tradition family Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A threadlike speck in the visual field that seems to move, possibly caused by degeneration of the vitreous humour. Examples : "After staring at the computer screen all day, I noticed some annoying floaters drifting across my vision. " medicine physiology body sensation organ Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (police jargon) A corpse floating in a body of water. Examples : "The police were called to the lake after someone reported seeing two floaters near the dock. " police body nautical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A piece of faeces that floats. Examples : "He left a floater in the toilet." body physiology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (by extension) 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. Examples : "The soccer team's floaters were a constant problem, showing up at every practice despite the coach's repeated attempts to discourage their presence. " person group attitude Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A policy covering property at more than one location or which may be in transit. Examples : ""Because my photography equipment travels with me for work, I need to add floaters to my insurance policy to cover it both at home and while on location." " property insurance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A floating rate bond. Examples : ""Investors often buy floaters because their interest payments increase when market interest rates rise, protecting their investment from inflation." " finance business economy asset Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "The surfer executed several impressive floaters, riding right on top of the crashing waves. " sport action ocean sailing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A coin which does not spin when thrown in the air. Examples : ""The cashier quickly rejected the coins, saying, 'These two are floaters; they won't work in the machine.'" " finance economy business Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A pie floater. Examples : "For dessert, she ordered a plate of pie floaters. " food Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A sandal. Examples : "Because the beach was so hot, I decided to wear my floaters instead of sneakers. " wear style item Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A kind of river mussel (genus Anodonta). Examples : "The biologist collected several floaters from the river for her research project. " animal biology organism nature environment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A book circulated between prisoners that is not part of the official prison library. Examples : ""Since prison authorities confiscated all the floaters, the inmates had nothing to read but the approved library books." " literature writing entertainment law communication Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading