Floater
noun
A small bit or particle suspended in liquid or air.
The soup had a mysterious floater in it.
Often appears as...
- floater in eye
- floater in soup
noun
An employee who has no fixed job within a company but covers other employees' tasks.
He works as a floater, filling in when other employees are sick or on vacation.
Often appears as...
- floater position
- floater employee
Usage tips
Formal
noun
A ball or puck gliding slowly toward the goal in sports.
He kicked a floater toward the goal post.
Often appears as...
- kick a floater
- hit a floater
Usage tips
Colloquial
noun
A person who is not fixed in a specific job, activity or place, but keeps wandering or changing.
He's a real floater, never staying in one place for too long.
Often appears as...
- be a floater
- real floater
Usage tips
Colloquial
noun
A spot or shadow that appears to float in the field of vision, often due to vitreous deterioration in the eye.
She keeps seeing a floater in her right eye.
Often appears as...
- eye floater
- seeing a floater
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Technical
noun
An insurance policy covering property loss or damage while the property is in transit or varying locations.
I suggest you take out a floater on that diamond necklace of yours.
Often appears as...
- insurance floater
- coverage floater
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
noun
A small bit or particle suspended in liquid or air.
The soup had a mysterious floater in it.
Often appears as...
- floater in eye
- floater in soup
noun
An employee who has no fixed job within a company but covers other employees' tasks.
He works as a floater, filling in when other employees are sick or on vacation.
Often appears as...
- floater position
- floater employee
Usage tips
Formal
noun
A ball or puck gliding slowly toward the goal in sports.
He kicked a floater toward the goal post.
Often appears as...
- kick a floater
- hit a floater
Usage tips
Colloquial
noun
A person who is not fixed in a specific job, activity or place, but keeps wandering or changing.
He's a real floater, never staying in one place for too long.
Often appears as...
- be a floater
- real floater
Usage tips
Colloquial
noun
A spot or shadow that appears to float in the field of vision, often due to vitreous deterioration in the eye.
She keeps seeing a floater in her right eye.
Often appears as...
- eye floater
- seeing a floater
Usage tips
Technical
noun
An insurance policy covering property loss or damage while the property is in transit or varying locations.
I suggest you take out a floater on that diamond necklace of yours.
Often appears as...
- insurance floater
- coverage floater
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
Definition 1 of 6
Pro Tip 1/2Visual Image
Imagine 'floater' as something physically floating, which helps picture its meaning.
I noticed a floater drifting through the tea.
Pro Tip 2/2Negative Connotation
'Floater' can imply contamination or unwanted presence in food or drink.
Guests won't be pleased finding a floater in their cups.
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Video examples
What are those floaty...
It may look like a tiny worm or a transparent blob, and whenever you try to get a closer look, it disappears, only to reappear as soon as you shift your glance. But don't go rinsing out your eyes! What you are seeing is a common phenomenon known as a floater.
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Would You Go to Mars If...
my life is pretty boring I'm kind of just a normal guy I'm like a floater I'm like a turd in the toilet bowl of life I just kind of float I really don't have
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Precious Baby Elephant...
may be safe but floater cam is stuck in the MA
Video examples
What are those floaty...
It may look like a tiny worm or a transparent blob, and whenever you try to get a closer look, it disappears, only to reappear as soon as you shift your glance. But don't go rinsing out your eyes! What you are seeing is a common phenomenon known as a floater.
Video examples
Would You Go to Mars If...
my life is pretty boring I'm kind of just a normal guy I'm like a floater I'm like a turd in the toilet bowl of life I just kind of float I really don't have
Video examples
Precious Baby Elephant...
may be safe but floater cam is stuck in the MA
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Quote examples
Kevin Knox
American Athlete
I found out some of the spots on the floor that I like to shoot - do my little floater shots, my pull-up shots, being able to get all the way to the rim. By me doing that, it's kind of opened up my 3-point shot.
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Billy Crystal
American Comedian
I was a per diem floater in the same junior high school I went to. I sat in the office and made $42.50 a day, and whenever a teacher was absent, I'd substitute. I taught everything from English to auto shop.
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Khris Middleton
American Athlete
I'm not the most athletic guy who is able to make these crazy layups or dunk all over people. I'm more of a shooter, floater, lane guy - not too much flash. But it gets the job done.
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Taylor Louderman
American Actress
I was sort of a floater in high school; I feel like I tried my hand at all the different stereotypes or cliques. I'm grateful for the experience to walk in all those different shoes.
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Alexandra Robbins
American Journalist
I was what's known as a floater. I could sit at the edge of most cafeteria tables, but was never a part of any one group. I was also a dork. And still am. And proud!
Quote examples
Kevin Knox
American Athlete
I found out some of the spots on the floor that I like to shoot - do my little floater shots, my pull-up shots, being able to get all the way to the rim. By me doing that, it's kind of opened up my 3-point shot.
Quote examples
Billy Crystal
American Comedian
I was a per diem floater in the same junior high school I went to. I sat in the office and made $42.50 a day, and whenever a teacher was absent, I'd substitute. I taught everything from English to auto shop.
Quote examples
Khris Middleton
American Athlete
I'm not the most athletic guy who is able to make these crazy layups or dunk all over people. I'm more of a shooter, floater, lane guy - not too much flash. But it gets the job done.
Quote examples
Taylor Louderman
American Actress
I was sort of a floater in high school; I feel like I tried my hand at all the different stereotypes or cliques. I'm grateful for the experience to walk in all those different shoes.
Quote examples
Alexandra Robbins
American Journalist
I was what's known as a floater. I could sit at the edge of most cafeteria tables, but was never a part of any one group. I was also a dork. And still am. And proud!
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