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Meaning:

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.
  • An "extra" male at a dinner party, or a young friend of the hostess, whose assignment is to entertain the female guests.
  • A threadlike speck in the visual field that seems to move, possibly caused by degeneration of the vitreous humour.
  • (''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.
  • 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.
  • sports An unaffiliated player.
  • 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.
  • two-up A coin which does not spin when thrown in the air.
  • vulgar A piece of faeces that floats.

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