Great God of VVaters [i.e., Neptune], vvhoſe extended Svvay / Is next to his, vvhom Heav'n and Earth obey: / Let not the Suit of Venus thee diſpleaſe, / Pity the Floaters on th' Ionian Seas.
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Floater
//ˈfləʊtə//
Synonyms for "floater" (140 found)
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Translations
30 translations across 6 languages.
Finnish
4 entries- epätavallisen vaalipiirin edustaja noun (person who represents an irregular constituency)
- floater noun ((basketball) early layup taken by a player moving towards the rim)
- floater noun (manoeuvre in which a surfer transitions above the unbroken face of a wave on to the lip, or on top of the breaking section of the wave)
- hitaasti lentävä pallo noun (ball that moves lightly though the air)
Greek
1 entries- μυγάκι noun (threadlike speck in the visual field which seems to move)
Icelandic
2 entries- augngrugg noun (threadlike speck in the visual field which seems to move)
- flotögn noun (threadlike speck in the visual field which seems to move)
Polish
1 entries- mroczek noun (threadlike speck in the visual field which seems to move)
Portuguese
1 entries- mosca volante noun (threadlike speck in the visual field which seems to move)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- mušica noun (threadlike speck in the visual field which seems to move)
- plutajuće truplo noun (corpse floating in a body of water)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
A dock worker saw him floating against a dock pier and called the police. Condition of the body they thought a floater that had been hit by a boat and cut by the prop.
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'The murdered girl was working for us, for the department.' / 'A floater?' / 'No. Permanent; warranty contract; the lot.'
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About an hour later a ration lorry found them, and the men were woken again, this time to a good meal of bully stew and floaters – suet dumplings – followed by cold rice pudding with jam.
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