floppy

English

Etymology

From flop +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɒ.pi/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɒpi

Adjective

floppy (comparative floppier, superlative floppiest)

1. Limp, not hard, firm, or rigid; flexible.
   • 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty […], 1st US edition, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 3:

     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.

Synonyms

• flopsy

 

Derived terms

• flippy floppy / flippy-floppy
• floppy baby syndrome
• floppy disk / floppy disc
• floppy diskette
• floppy infant syndrome
• floppy-wristed
• stringy floppy

 

Translations

limp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible

• Bulgarian: отпуснат (bg) (otpusnat), увиснал (bg) (uvisnal)
• Chinese: 懶散的／懒散的 (zh), 懒散的 (zh) (lǎnsǎn de)
• Danish: slap
• Dutch: slap (nl)
• Estonian: lõtv
• Finnish: lerppu (fi)
• French: souple (fr) m or f
• German: schlaff (de)
• Greek: πλαδαρός (el) m (pladarós)

  Ancient: πλαδαρός (pladarós)

• Icelandic: linur (is) m
• Irish: liobarnach
• Italian: floscio (it) m, floscia (it) f
• Japanese: だらしない (ja) (darashinai)
• Korean: 느슨한 (neuseunhan)
• Latin: flaccidus
• Portuguese: flexível (pt) m or f
• Russian: ги́бкий (ru) (gíbkij)
• Spanish: flojo (es)

Noun

floppy (plural floppies)

1. (computing, dated) A floppy disk.
2. (military slang, Rhodesia, South Africa) An insurgent in the Rhodesian Bush War, called as such for the way they "flop" when shot.

   Synonyms: terr, gook

   • 1997, Dick Gledhill, One Commando: Rhodesia's Last Years & the Guerilla War it Never Lost, page 55:

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

3. (informal) A comic book.
   • 2013, Nickie D. Phillips, Staci Strobl, Comic Book Crime: Truth, Justice, and the American Way, page 226:

     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 […]

Hypernyms

floppy disk

• disc / disk

 

Hyponyms

floppy disk

• diskette
• flippy
• flippy disc / flippy disk
• flippy diskette
• flippy floppy / flippy-floppy
• floppy diskette
• micro floppy / micro-floppy / microfloppy
• mini floppy / mini-floppy / minifloppy

 

Derived terms

floppy disk

• flippy
• flippy disc / flippy disk
• flippy diskette
• flippy floppy / flippy-floppy
• floppy disc drive / floppy disk drive
• floppy diskette drive
• floppy drive
• micro floppy / micro-floppy / microfloppy
• mini floppy / mini-floppy / minifloppy

 

Translations

(computing) a floppy disk

• Bulgarian: дискета f (disketa)
• Chinese: 磁碟 (zh) (cídié), 磁盘 (zh) (cípán)
• Danish: diskette c, floppydisk c
• Finnish: levyke (fi), (slang, 5+¹⁄₄-inch) lerppu (fi), (slang, 3+¹⁄₂-inch) korppu
• French: disquette (fr) f
• German: Diskette (de) f, Floppy Disc (de) f
• Greek: δισκέτα (el) f (diskéta)
• Italian: floppy disk (it) m, floppy (it) m, dischetto m
• Japanese: フロッピー (furoppī)
• Korean: 플로피 (peullopi)
• Marathi: फ्लॉपी f (phlŏpī)
• Portuguese: disco flexível m
• Russian: диске́та (ru) m (diskéta)
• Spanish: disquete (es) m

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