FLOATER


Meaning of FLOATER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈflō-tər ]

noun

Date: 1717

1.

a. : one that floats

b. : a person who floats something

2. : a person who votes illegally in various polling places

3.

a. : a person without a permanent residence or regular employment

b. : a worker who moves from job to job ; especially : one without fixed duties

4. : a pitched, thrown, or hit ball that moves through the air relatively slowly with little or no spin or rotation

5. : a policy insuring specific items of personal property (as jewelry or art)

6. : a bit of optical debris (as a dead cell or cell fragment) in the vitreous body or lens that may be perceived as a spot before the eye ; also : a spot in the visual field due to such debris — usually used in plural

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.