- a variation of floatie.
adjective
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filmy and light
floaty material
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capable of floating; buoyant
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(of a vessel) riding high in the water; of shallow draught
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of floaty
First recorded in 1600–10; float + -y 1 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Bones stayed true to her witchy boho aesthetic for her final perfomance outfit, donning a floaty black gown paired with black leather thigh-high boots and gloves.
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2025
Head right and try on Bar jackets and floaty white dresses to your heart’s content.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2025
The most difficult tasks she faces involve making sure the guests aren’t running too close to the pool and tracking down a Pokémon’s floaty.
From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2024
Splashes of bright blues, greens and pinks were added to the largely black ensembles, with silhouettes skin-tight or floaty.
From Reuters ● Sep. 2, 2023
On the other side of the turnstiles, there are giant floaty tubes for rent.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
It looks like an oddly shaped boat with an arm of floaties extending outward to one end of the rocky shore.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
People in plastic swim bands and floaties pack like sardines in the azure water.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 20, 2023
The dial-up modems screamed at anyone who wanted to surf the net, but surfing was more like sitting in the water with some floaties and a pool noodle compared to today’s internet.
From Slate ● Dec. 13, 2023
He and business partner Bardy Bayram briefly tossed up working noodles and coconut milk into the drink somehow, but decided floaties and a creamy flavour would probably be a bridge too far.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2023
I can take on my fear, especially in a controlled environment like this with lifeguards and arm floaties.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
The flight might be longer, floatier and more manic than some might want from fiction, but it ended up, for me, feeling like art.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2022
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