Associations to the word «Floater»

FLOATER, noun. 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. (sports) An unaffiliated player.

FLOATER, noun. (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.

FLOATER, noun. (vulgar) A piece of faeces that floats.

FLOATER, noun. (slang) (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.

FLOATER, noun. (two-up) A coin which does not spin when thrown in the air.

FLOATER, noun. (AU) A pie floater.

FLOATER, noun. (politics) A voter who shifts from party to party, especially one whose vote can be purchased.

FLOATER, noun. (politics) (US) 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.

FLOATER, noun. (US) (politics) 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.

FLOATER, noun. (India) A sandal.

FLOATER, noun. A kind of river mussel (genus Anodonta).

FLOATER, noun. Spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens; "floaters seem to drift through the field of vision".

FLOATER, noun. A debt instrument with a variable interest rate tied to some other interest rate (e.g. the rate paid by T-bills).

FLOATER, noun. A wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support.

FLOATER, noun. An employee who is reassigned from job to job as needed.

FLOATER, noun. A voter who votes illegally at different polling places in the same election.

FLOATER, noun. A swimmer who floats in the water.

FLOATER, noun. An object that floats or is capable of floating.

FLOATER, noun. An insurance policy covering loss of movable property (e.g. jewelry) regardless of its location.