ALL meanings of floaters
float·er
F f - noun floaters a person or thing that floats. 1
- noun floaters Informal. a person who is continually changing his or her place of abode, employment, etc. 1
- noun floaters an employee without a fixed job assignment: One of our officers works as a floater, filling in when someone is out. 1
- noun floaters U.S. Politics. a voter not attached to any party, especially a person whose vote may be purchased. 1
- noun floaters a person who fraudulently votes, usually for pay, in different places in the same election. 1
- noun floaters Plural form of floater. 1
- noun floaters a speck or string that appears to be drifting across the eye just outside the line of vision, caused by cells or cell fragments in the vitreous humor registering on the retina; musca volitans. 1
- noun floaters Also called floating policy. Insurance. a policy that insures movable personal property, covering a loss in any location. 1
- noun floaters Finance. any security or note that has a floating rate. 1
- noun floaters Medicine/Medical Slang. a corpse found floating in a body of water. 1
- noun floaters Animal Behavior. a territorial animal that has been unable to claim a territory and is forced into undefended, marginal areas with limited resources. 1
- noun floaters Australian. a meat pie served in a plate of gravy or pea soup. 1