floater

  1. Noun.  Agent noun of float; one who floats.
  2. 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.
  3. Noun.  A threadlike speck in the visual field that seems to move, possibly caused by degeneration of the vitreous humour.
  4. Noun.  An "extra" male at a dinner party, or a young friend of the hostess, whose assignment is to entertain the female guests.
  5. Noun.  (''insurance'') A policy covering property at more than one location or which may be in transit.
  6. Noun.  (''police jargon'') A floating corpse picked up from a body of water.
  7. Noun.  (sports) An unaffiliated player.
  8. 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.
  9. Noun.  (vulgar) A piece of faeces that floats.
  10. Noun.  (two-up, lang en) A coin which does not spin when thrown in the air.
  11. Noun.  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.

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