floater
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Meaning · English
A person who floats. — A person who physically floats in a gas or liquid. — A corpse floating in a body of water.
Register: slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
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.
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “floater” mean?
A person who floats. — A person who physically floats in a gas or liquid. — A corpse floating in a body of water.
Is “floater” formal or informal?
floater is generally slang.