Wiktionary:Word of the day/2024/April 27

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Word of the day
for April 27
floaty adj
  1. Tending to float on a liquid or to rise in air or a gas; buoyant.
    1. (nautical, archaic) 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.
  2. (figurative)
    1. Of music: light and relaxing.
    2. 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. Of a person: feeling calm, dreamy, happy, etc., as if floating in the air.
    4. Of speech or writing: overly complicated or elaborate; flowery, grandiloquent.

floaty n (informal)

  1. A particle of food, etc., found floating in liquid.
  2. (chiefly US)
    1. A lilo (“inflatable air mattress”) or similar object that floats on water and can be lain or sat on.
    2. (swimming) Chiefly in the plural: 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”)
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