floppy

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/ˈflɒ.pi/

noun 3adj 1

Collocations

ADJ.

content, dark, drunk, gummy, obsolete, old, single, still

He retrieved an old floppy disk from a dusty box in the attic.

VERB + FLOPPY

copy, deleted, don't, duplicate, format, know, make, mustn't

I don't know how to format a floppy disk on this old computer.

FLOPPY + NOUN

breast-pocket, disk, disks', ears, floppies, handkerchief, twitch

He pulled a floppy disk from his desk drawer to back up the old files.

PREP.

in, on, with

She stored all her old computer files on floppy disks in a cardboard box.

ADV.

already

Her old hat was already floppy from being packed in the suitcase for weeks.

Definitions

adj

Limp, not hard, firm, or rigid; flexible.

The smile, the white collar worn with a dark shirt, the floppy breast-pocket handkerchief would surely be famous when the chaps in the rows behind were mere forgotten grins and frowns.

noun

A floppy disk.

An insurgent in the Rhodesian Bush War, called as such for the way they "flop" when shot.

"Ja, our job is not to think or make decisions. We just here to slay floppies," remarked Koos.

A comic book.

We suggest that the impact of comic books is greater than it may first appear. Though individual sales of floppies may be low compared to, say, dollar grosses on motion pictures or may reach fewer viewers than a summer blockbuster […]

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope w

diskette

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

floppy infant syndrome

Hypotonia.

Example Bank

The smile, the white collar worn with a dark shirt, the floppy breast-pocket handkerchief would surely be famous when the chaps in the rows behind were mere forgotten grins and frowns.

Wiktionary

"Ja, our job is not to think or make decisions. We just here to slay floppies," remarked Koos.

Wiktionary

Make that floppy uncopiable, just in case.

Tatoeba · #49942

You mustn't format this floppy disk.

Tatoeba · #60554

Floppy floppies are already sold out.

Tatoeba · #327267

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, floppy is marked as dated, slang, informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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