A floater is a shadow-like shape that appears singly or together with several others in the field of vision of some individuals. Floater may also refer to: Floater (band), a band based in Portland, Oregon The Floaters, an R&B singing group of the 1970s Floaters (album), 1977 "Floater (Too Much to Ask)", a song from the 2001 Bob Dylan album Love and Theft Floating rate note, in finance, a bond with variable coupon rates Floating rib, a bone in the human rib cage not connected to the sternum Pie floater, an Australian meal comprising a meat pie floating in pea soup "Floater", another name for a "teardrop" or "runner" in basketball, in which a smaller offensive player performs a high arcing shot over the reach of taller defenders in the lane See also Float (disambiguation)