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Floating

//ˈfloʊtɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    That floats or float. not-comparable

    "floating buoys"

  2. 2
    Not fixed in position, opinion etc.; free to move or drift. not-comparable

    "The outcome of the forthcoming election is still unclear due to the large number of floating voters."

  3. 3
    that is not attached to any consonant or vowel within its morpheme. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    borne up by or suspended in a liquid wordnet
  2. 2
    not definitely committed to a party or policy wordnet
  3. 3
    (of a part of the body) not firmly connected; movable or out of normal position wordnet
  4. 4
    inclined to move or be moved about wordnet
  5. 5
    continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    The motion of something that floats.
  2. 2
    the act of someone who floats on the water wordnet
  3. 3
    Material that floats in a liquid. in-plural

    "Plastic mud, brownish tinted, rich in floatings."

  4. 4
    The spreading of plaster on the surface of walls.
  5. 5
    A veterinary dental procedure involving the filing down of sharp surfaces on a horse's teeth.
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of float form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

By surface analysis, float + -ing.

Etymology 2

By surface analysis, float + -ing.

Etymology 3

By surface analysis, float + -ing.

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