floppy

English

Etymology

From flop +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɒ.pi/

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  Rhymes: -ɒpi

Adjective

floppy (comparative floppier, superlative floppiest)

1. Limp, not hard, firm, or rigid; flexible.
   • 2005, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury Publishing, p. 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.

Derived terms

• floppy disk, floppy disc

Translations

limp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible

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

  Ancient: πλαδαρός (pladarós)

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• Icelandic: linur (is) m
• 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) m

Noun

floppy (plural floppies)

1. (computing) 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.
   • 1997, Dick Gledhill, One Commando: Rhodesia's Last Years & the Guerilla War it Never Lost, p. 55:

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

   Synonyms: terr, gook

Synonyms

• diskette

Derived terms

• mini-floppy
• micro-floppy

Translations

(computing) a floppy disk

• Bulgarian: дискета f (disketa)
• Chinese: 磁碟, 磁盘 (cí pán)
• Danish: diskette c, floppydisk c
• Finnish: (5¼-inch) (slang) lerppu, (3½-inch) (slang) korppu
• French: disquette (fr) f
• German: Diskette (de) f, Floppy Disc (de) f
• Greek: δισκέτα (el) f (diskéta)
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• Italian: floppy disk (it) m, floppy (it) m, dischetto m
• Japanese: フロッピィ (furoppii)
• Korean: 플로피 (peuropi)
• Portuguese: disco flexível m
• Russian: диске́та (ru) m (diskéta)
• Spanish: disquete (es) m

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