floating (n.)

  1. the act of someone who floats on the water

    [ Syn: natation ]

    floating (adj.)

  1. borne up by or suspended in a liquid; the ship is still floating; floating logs; floating seaweed'

  2. continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another; a drifting double-dealer; the floating population; vagrant hippies of the sixties

    [ Syn: aimless , drifting , vagabond , vagrant ]

  3. inclined to move or be moved about; a floating crap game'

  4. (of a part of the body) not firmly connected; movable or out of normal position; floating ribs are not connected with the sternum; a floating kidney'

  5. not definitely committed to a party or policy; floating voters'

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