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floating
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adjective
borne up by or suspended in a liquid
the ship is still floating
floating logs
floating seaweed
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adjective
not definitely committed to a party or policy
floating voters
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adjective
inclined to move or be moved about
a floating crap game
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adjective
(of a part of the body) not firmly connected; movable or out of normal position
floating ribs are not connected with the sternum
a floating kidney
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noun
the act of someone who floats on the water
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adjective
(= drifting, vagrant)
continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another
a drifting double-dealer
the floating population
vagrant hippies of the sixties
trigger
Noun
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A trigger is the part of a gun that you push with one finger when you want to make the gun shoot.
I didn't want to make him angry, because he had his finger on the trigger.
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A trigger is a little thing that makes something bigger happen.
Bad smells are one of the triggers for my headaches.
trigger
Verb
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A little thing triggers a big thing to happen when it causes it.
Those angry words triggered the beginning of the war.