floppy
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floppy
- /ˈflɒ.pi/
Rhymes with -ɒpi
adjective floppier · floppiest
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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.
Similar: flopsy
noun floppies
- 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
Closest in meaning: floppy disk, diskette, lax, flexible, flex, soft, drive, mild, disc, disk, magnetic, unit, bootable, disco, diskettes, droopy
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adj limp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible
| Español | flojo, desplomoso, colapsoso |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 느슨한 neuseunhan |
| 日本語 | だらしない darashinai |
| 中文 | 懶散的 /懒散的 lǎnsǎn de |
| Português | flexível |
| Français | souple |
| Deutsch | schlaff |
| Italiano | floscio, floscia |
| Ελληνικά | πλαδαρός pladarós |
| Русский | ги́бкий gíbkij |
noun (computing) a floppy disk
| Español | disquete |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 플로피 peullopi |
| 日本語 | フロッピー furoppī |
| 中文 | 磁碟 cídié, 磁盘 cípán |
| Português | disco flexível |
| Français | disquette |
| Deutsch | Diskette, Floppy Disc |
| Italiano | floppy disk, floppy, dischetto, disco flessibile, disco floscio |
| Ελληνικά | δισκέτα diskéta |
| Русский | диске́та diskéta |
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