Floater vs. Runner

Floaternoun

Agent noun of float; one who or that which floats.

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An employee of a company who does not have fixed tasks to do but fills in wherever needed, usually when someone else is away.

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(sports) An unaffiliated player.

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(politics) A voter who shifts from party to party, especially one whose vote can be purchased.

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A person, such as a delegate to a convention or a member of a legislature, who represents an irregular constituency, such as one formed by a union of the voters of two counties neither of which has a number sufficient to be allowed a (or an extra) representative of its own.

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One who votes illegally in various polling places or election districts, either under false registration made by himself or under the name of some properly registered person who has not already voted.

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An "extra" male at a dinner party, or a young friend of the hostess, whose assignment is to entertain the female guests.

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A threadlike speck in the visual field that seems to move, possibly caused by degeneration of the vitreous humour.

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(police jargon) A corpse floating in a body of water.

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(vulgar) A piece of faeces that floats.

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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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(insurance) A policy covering property at more than one location or which may be in transit.

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(finance) A floating rate bond.

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(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.

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(two-up) A coin which does not spin when thrown in the air.

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(AU) A pie floater.

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(India) A sandal.

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A kind of river mussel (genus Anodonta).

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(prison slang) A book circulated between prisoners that is not part of the official prison library.

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One who floats or swims.

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A float for indicating the height of a liquid surface.

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A voter who shifts from party to party, esp. one whose vote is purchasable.

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spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens

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a debt instrument with a variable interest rate tied to some other interest rate (e.g. the rate paid by T-bills)

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a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support

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an employee who is reassigned from job to job as needed

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a voter who votes illegally at different polling places in the same election

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a swimmer who floats in the water

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an object that floats or is capable of floating

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an insurance policy covering loss of movable property (e.g. jewelry) regardless of its location

Floater

Floaters or eye floaters are sometimes visible deposits within the eye's vitreous humour (), which is normally transparent, or between the vitreous and retina. Each floater can be measured by its size, shape, consistency, refractive index, and motility.

Runnernoun

Agent noun of run; one who runs.

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A person who moves, on foot, at a fast pace, especially an athlete.

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Any entrant, person or animal (especially a horse), for a race or any competition; a candidate for an election.

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Somebody who controls or manages (e.g. a system).

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A person or vessel who runs blockades or engages in smuggling. (Especially used in combination, e.g. gunrunner).

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(cricket) A player who runs for a batsman who is too injured to run; he is dressed exactly as the injured batsman, and carries a bat.

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A baserunner.

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(Australian rules football) A person (from one or the other team) who runs out onto the field during the game to take verbal instructions from the coach to the players. A runner mustn't interfere with play, and may have to wear an identifying shirt to make clear his or her purpose on the field.

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Anyone sent on an errand or with communications, especially for a bank (or, historically, a foot soldier responsible for carrying messages during war).

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A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.

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A quick escape away from a scene.

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A deserter.

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A type of soft-soled shoe originally intended for runners.

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Part of a shoe that is stitched to the bottom of the upper so it can be glued to the sole.

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A part of an apparatus that moves quickly.

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A mechanical part intended to guide or aid something else to move (using wheels or sliding).

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A smooth strip on which a sledge runs.

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The blade of an ice skate.

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The channel or strip on which a drawer is opened and closed.

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The curved base of a rocking chair.

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In saddlery, a loop of metal through which a rein is passed.

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In molding, a channel cut in a mold.

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The rotating-stone of a grinding-mill.

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The movable piece to which the ribs of an umbrella are attached.

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(slang) An automobile; a working or driveable automobile.

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A strip of fabric used to decorate or protect a table or dressing table.

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A long, narrow carpet for a high traffic area such as a hall or stairs.

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(slang) A part of a cigarette that is burning unevenly.

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(botany) A long stolon sent out by a plant (such as strawberry), in order to root new plantlets, or a plant that propagates by using such runners.

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(climbing) A short sling with a carabiner on either end, used to link the climbing rope to a bolt or other protection such as a nut or friend.

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(poker slang) A competitor in a poker tournament.

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A restaurant employee responsible for taking food from the kitchens to the tables.

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A leaping food fish (Elagatis pinnulatis) of Florida and the West Indies; the skipjack, shoemaker, or yellowtail.

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(sports slang) An employee of a sports agent who tries to recruit possible player clients for the agent.

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A rope to increase the power of a tackle.

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A speedrunner.

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An idea or plan that has potential to be adopted or put into operation.

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One who, or that which, runs; a racer.

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A detective.

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A messenger.

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A smuggler.

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One employed to solicit patronage, as for a steamboat, hotel, shop, etc.

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A slender trailing branch which takes root at the joints or end and there forms new plants, as in the strawberry and the common cinquefoil.

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The rotating stone of a set of millstones.

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A rope rove through a block and used to increase the mechanical power of a tackle.

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One of the pieces on which a sled or sleigh slides; also the part or blade of a skate which slides on the ice.

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A horizontal channel in a mold, through which the metal flows to the cavity formed by the pattern; also, the waste metal left in such a channel.

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The movable piece to which the ribs of an umbrella are attached.

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A food fish (Elagatis pinnulatus) of Florida and the West Indies; - called also skipjack, shoemaker, and yellowtail. The name alludes to its rapid successive leaps from the water.

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Any cursorial bird.

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A movable slab or rubber used in grinding or polishing a surface of stone.

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someone who imports or exports without paying duties

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someone who travels on foot by running

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a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents;

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a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)

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a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips

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a trained athlete who competes in foot races

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a long narrow carpet

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device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along

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fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil