Definition of floater

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floater
noun

Anything that floats.
An employee of a company who does not have fixed tasks to do but fills in wherever needed, usually when someone else is away.
A threadlike speck in the visual field that seems to move, possibly caused by degeneration of the vitreous humour.
An "extra" male at a dinner party, or a young friend of the hostess, whose assignment is to entertain the female guests.
(insurance) A policy covering property at more than one location or which may be in transit.
(police jargon) A floating corpse picked up from a body of water.
(sports) An unaffiliated player.
(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.
(vulgar) A piece of faeces that floats.

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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