Floater
WordNet
noun
(1) An insurance policy covering loss of movable property (e.g. jewelry) regardless of its location
(2) An object that floats or is capable of floating
(3) A swimmer who floats in the water
(4) A voter who votes illegally at different polling places in the same election
(5) An employee who is reassigned from job to job as needed
(6) A wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
(7) A debt instrument with a variable interest rate tied to some other interest rate (e.g. the rate paid by T-bills)
(8) Spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens
WiktionaryText
Noun
- Agent noun of float; one who floats.
- An employee of a company who does not have fixed tasks to do but fills in wherever needed, usually when someone else is away.
- A threadlike speck in the visual field that seems to move, possibly caused by degeneration of the vitreous humour.
- An "extra" male at a dinner party, or a young friend of the hostess, whose assignment is to entertain the female guests.
- (insurance) A policy covering property at more than one location or which may be in transit.
- (police jargon) A floating corpse picked up from a body of water.
- An unaffiliated player.
- 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.
- A piece of faeces that floats.
- 2004: He left a floater in the toilet. — poetry critical workshop http://poetry.tetto.org/read/11410/
- A coin which does not spin when thrown in the air.
- 1998: In this section "floater" means a spin in which at least 1 of the coins does not turn over in the air at least once. — Queensland government Casino Gaming Amendment Rule (No. 2) 1998 http://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/LEGISLTN/SLS/1998/98SL233.pdf
- 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.