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floated around

floated around is the simple past and past participle of float around.

Meaning of float around

Verb

float around (third-person singular simple present floats around, present participle floating around, simple past and past participle floated around)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see float, around.
  2. (informal) To be nearby or available.
    • Try looking in the office: there should be a few pens floating around there.

Questions about floated around

What is floated around the simple past and past participle of?
Floated around is the simple past and past participle of float around.

Words near floated around in the dictionary

  1. floatbase
  2. floatbases
  3. floatboard
  4. floatboards
  5. floated
  6. floated around
  7. floated at
  8. floated someone's boat
  9. floatel
  10. floatels
  11. floater

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Adapted from Wiktionary: floated around (page history and authors); float around (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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