flit
- n a sudden quick movement
- n a secret move (to avoid paying debts)
they did a moonlight flit - v move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
The hummingbird flitted among the branches
flitch
- n fish steak usually cut from a halibut
- n salted and cured abdominal wall of a side of pork
flittering scotoma
- n a localized area of diminished vision edged by shimmering colored lights; in many people it indicates the onset of migraine
flnc
- n a terrorist group formed in 1976 to work for Corsican independence; attacks on Corsica are aimed at sabotaging public infrastructure and symbols of colonialism
flo ziegfeld
- n United States theatrical producer noted for a series of extravagant revues known as the Ziegfeld Follies (1869-1932)
float
- n the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment
- n the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public
- n a drink with ice cream floating in it
- n an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade
- n a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco
- n something that floats on the surface of water
- n an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy
- v be in motion due to some air or water current
- v be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
- v set afloat
He floated the logs down the river
The boy floated his toy boat on the pond - v circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with
The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform - v move lightly, as if suspended
The dancer floated across the stage - v put into the water
float a ship - v make the surface of level or smooth
float the plaster - v allow (currencies) to fluctuate
The government floated the ruble for a few months - v convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation
float data
floral cup
- n the cuplike or ringlike or tubular structure of a flower which bears the sepals and stamens and calyx (as in Rosaceae)
floatation
- n the phenomenon of floating (remaining on the surface of a liquid without sinking)
- n financing a commercial enterprise by bond or stock shares