floating

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
15
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈfloʊtɪŋ/
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/ˈfloʊtɪŋ/ · /ˈfləʊtɪŋ/

Definition of floating

8 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)That floats or float.
    “floating buoys”
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)That floats or float.
    “floating buoys”
  2. (not-comparable)Not fixed in position, opinion etc.; free to move or drift.
    “The outcome of the forthcoming election is still unclear due to the large number of floating voters.”
    “In China, the large floating population has tended to gravitate to cities.”
    “You can drag the floating toolbars to any position on the screen.”
    “"And I am much mistaken if she has not some floating fancy of her own."”
  3. (not-comparable)that is not attached to any consonant or vowel within its morpheme.

verb

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of float

noun

  1. The motion of something that floats.
  2. (in-plural)Material that floats in a liquid.
    “Plastic mud, brownish tinted, rich in floatings.”
  3. The spreading of plaster on the surface of walls.
  4. A veterinary dental procedure involving the filing down of sharp surfaces on a horse's teeth.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

By surface analysis, float + -ing.

Anagrams of floating

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