floater
/ˈfloʊtər/
noun
- A small spot or shape that moves across your field of vision, caused by particles in the eye.
- She blinked, trying to get rid of the floater in her eye.
- Floaters are usually harmless, but you should see a doctor if they suddenly increase.
- I saw a floater drifting across my vision when I looked at the bright sky.
- A person who does not stay in one job or place for long; a drifter.
- As a floater, she never felt attached to any particular community.
- The company hired a floater to fill in for absent employees.
- He was a floater, moving from city to city every few months.
- An object that floats on the surface of a liquid, such as a buoy or a piece of debris.
- A wooden floater bobbed in the pool near the drain.
- The fisherman used a bright red floater to mark his line.
- After the storm, the lake was full of floaters from broken docks.