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floaty

UK /ˈfləʊti/US /ˈfloʊti/

adjective6

  1. Tending to float on a liquid or to rise in air or a gas; buoyant.
  2. (figurative) Of an object: light and flimsy or soft; specifically, of a dress: lightweight, so as to rise away from the body when the wearer is moving.
  3. (figurative) Of a person: feeling calm, dreamy, happy, etc., as if floating in the air.
  4. (figurative) Of music: light and relaxing.
  5. (figurative) Of speech or writing: overly complicated or elaborate; flowery, grandiloquent.
  6. (no longer used) Of a ship: having a shallow draft (the depth from the waterline to the bottom of a vessel's hull), and thus drawing less (that is, floating higher in) water.

noun3

  1. (US, informal) A lilo (inflatable air mattress) or similar object that floats on water and can be lain or sat on.
  2. [in the plural] (US, informal) Synonym of armband (“one of a pair of inflatable plastic bands, normally worn on the upper arms, to help the wearer (often a child) float in water and learn to swim”).
  3. (informal) A particle of food, etc., found floating in liquid.
forms

floaties · floatier · floatiest

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