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Flivver
- unknown - An automobile, particularly one which is old and inexpensive.
Floated
- verb - allow (currencies) to fluctuate; "The government floated the ruble for a few months"
- be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
- be in motion due to some air or water current; "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore"
- circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with; "The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform"
- convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation; "float data"
- make the surface of level or smooth; "float the plaster"
- move lightly, as if suspended; "The dancer floated across the stage"
- put into the water; "float a ship"
- set afloat; "He floated the logs down the river"; "The boy floated his toy boat on the pond"
Floater
- noun - a debt instrument with a variable interest rate tied to some other interest rate (e.g. the rate paid by T-bills)
- a swimmer who floats in the water
- a voter who votes illegally at different polling places in the same election
- a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
- an employee who is reassigned from job to job as needed
- an insurance policy covering loss of movable property (e.g. jewelry) regardless of its location
- an object that floats or is capable of floating
- spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens; "floaters seem to drift through the field of vision"
Flobert
- - A small cartridge designed for target shooting; -- sometimes called ball cap.
Floccus
- - The tuft of hair terminating the tail of mammals. (b) A tuft of feathers on the head of young birds.
Flocked
- verb - come together as in a cluster or flock; "The poets constellate in this town every summer"
- move as a crowd or in a group; "Tourists flocked to the shrine where the statue was said to have shed tears"
Flodden
- noun - a battle in 1513; the English defeated the invading Scots and James IV was killed
- a hill in Northumberland where the invading Scots were defeated by the English in 1513
Flogged
- verb - beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
- beat with a cane
- Sell (slang)
- Whipped
Flogger
- noun - a torturer who flogs or scourges (especially an official whose duty is to whip offenders)