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floppy

[flop-ee]

adjective

floppier, floppiest 
  1. tending to flop.



noun

plural

floppies 
  1. floppy disk.

floppy

/ ˈڱɒɪ /

adjective

  1. limp or hanging loosely

    a dog with floppy ears

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. short for floppy disk

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • floppily adverb
  • floppiness noun
  • ˈڱDZ辱 adverb
  • ˈڱDZ辱Ա noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of floppy1

First recorded in 1855–60; flop + -y 1
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“Turkeys in flight? Perched? Or did you need a floppy version?”

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That could mean the files and formats we use now, face a similar fate to the floppy disks and DVD drives of the past.

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Mr Wheeler, who was not Lexi's biological father, said in court she went floppy in his arms and stopped breathing.

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Quinn was "pale and floppy" when he was delivered by emergency C-section, the court heard.

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Stockton had been in sole charge of Charlie for just 18 minutes on the morning of 12 January when he called 999 to say the boy had gone "floppy" and was struggling to breathe.

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