floppy

adjective flop·py \ ˈflä-pē \

Definition of floppy

floppier; floppiest

:tending to flop; especially :being both soft and flexible

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floppily

play \ˈflä-pə-lē\ adverb

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floppiness

play \ˈflä-pē-nəs\ noun

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Examples of floppy in a Sentence

my basset hound is always tripping over her long, floppy ears

Recent Examples of floppy from the Web

Some of the systems still used eight-inch floppy disks.

— david e. sanger and william j. broad, New York Times, "Trump Forges Ahead on Costly Nuclear Overhaul," 27 Aug. 2017
As the General Accounting Office pointed out in 2016, the Minuteman III fleet still requires 8-inch floppy disks to operate.

— kyle mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "What We Know About the U.S.'s New Nuclear Missile," 23 Aug. 2017
Flippin’ Pizza comes from San Diego but touts its pies as New York-style with big, floppy, foldable crusts.

— compiled by malcolm mayhew, star-telegram, "August’s restaurant news features new openings, DFW Restaurant Week," 2 Aug. 2017
The cake was in the shape of a small mammal, resting on a bed of artificially green coconut shavings, its body frosted vanilla white and its floppy ears studded with Smarties.

— olivia nuzzi, Daily Intelligencer, "Donald Trump Is Not Invited to the Wedding," 23 July 2017
Options include digging up buried treasure, hauling a nuclear bomb across skeleton country, and storing up floppy disks for the technocrats.

— charlie theel, Ars Technica, "Wasteland Express Delivery Service," 1 July 2017
One is thin and floppy and foldable, while the other requires roughly seven pounds of butter and an hour to cook.

— andy staples, SI.com, "Where to eat, drink in New York City," 30 June 2017
And that floppy, weirdly heavy rubber frog that somersaults toward the rotating lily pads?

— Time, "Where Did America's Summer Jobs Go?," 29 June 2017
On the cheaper end, floppy disks were $3.25, a 1974 RadioShack catalog has a high bid of $12.25, and a Tandy Corp. pen was listed for $9.25.

— andrea ahles and lance winter, star-telegram, "The last RadioShack store in DFW? It’s in Weatherford," 28 June 2017

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First Known Use of floppy

1858

floppy Synonyms

Synonyms

droopy, flaccid, limp, lank, yielding

Antonyms

inflexible, resilient, rigid, stiff, sturdy, tense

Related Words

flabby, mushy, semisoft, soft, squashy, squishy; delicate, flimsy, insubstantial; elastic, flexible, lax, loose, pliant, relaxed, resilient, springy, stretchy, supple

Near Antonyms

firm, hard, indurated, solid, sound, strong; brittle, crisp; compact, dense, substantial

floppy

noun

Definition of floppy

plural floppies

:floppy disk

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Recent Examples of floppy from the Web

Dark-bearded and muscular, the research ecologist sports a uniform of blue work clothes, sturdy boots and a floppy, Army-style camo hat.

— jeff wheelwright, Discover Magazine, "Marijuana: An Environmental Buzzkill," 21 Aug. 2017
Harry Styles has been a long time proponent of the look, with his floppy, voluminous coif taking those rom-com vibes and marrying them to some more 70s rock star looks, plus some 80s blowout aesthetic added in for fun.

— max berlinger, GQ, "The 6 Best Men's Grooming Moves of the Week," 17 July 2017
The next, the ricotta inside floppy tortellini got an extra spur from lemon zest.

— pete wells, New York Times, "Some Food, a Plate, a Room. That’s Enough at King, in SoHo.," 6 June 2017