Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

float someone's boat

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.74 in modern English

Syllables
float -some-one's boat
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To interest or appeal to someone; to make someone happy.

Slang

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

floats someone's boat (present, singular) floating someone's boat (participle, present) floated someone's boat (participle, past) floated someone's boat (past)

Phrases

whatever floats your boat

Synonyms

melt someone's butter tickle someone's fancy turn someone's crank be someone's cup of tea butter someone's biscuit

Questions

What does float someone's boat mean?
To interest or appeal to someone; to make someone happy.

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