floating

About 10.22 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective That floats or float.

   floating buoys

2. adjective 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.

3. adjective Present in the underlying phonological representation but not linked to an anchor on which it can surface.
4. verb present participle and gerund of float
5. noun The motion of something that floats.
6. noun Material that floats in a liquid.
7. noun The spreading of plaster on the surface of walls.
8. noun A veterinary dental procedure involving the filing down of sharp surfaces on a horse's teeth.

Similar words

afloat drifting mobile moving vagabond vagrant unsettled uncommitted aimless unfixed

Often followed by

in on point exchange around down rate and ice