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Floppy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Tending to flop; loose and flexible. See Synonyms at limp.

n. A floppy disk.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

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

n. A floppy disk

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Having a tendency to flop or flap.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Having a tendency to flop or flap; flapping: as, a floppy hat.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. hanging limply

n. a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer

Word Usage

"I use the term floppy because, well, they are, for one thing and also, to differentiate between monthly, floppy comics and the world's comics of preference, those with a spine and (usually) a complete story, graphic novels."

Equivalent

lax

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

magnetic disc disk magnetic disk disc

Variant

floppier floppiest

Form

floppy disk floppy disc micro-floppy mini-floppy

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

diskette

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Poppy choppy copy gloppy jalopy

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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