floppy

American  

[flop-ee] / ˈflɒp i /

adjective

floppier, floppiest

1. tending to flop.

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noun

plural

floppies

1. floppy disk.

floppy British  

/ ˈflɒpɪ /

adjective

1. limp or hanging loosely

   a dog with floppy ears

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noun

1. short for floppy disk

Other Word Forms

• floppily adverb
• floppiness noun

Etymology

Origin of floppy

First recorded in 1855–60; flop + -y ¹

Example Sentences

She punched and rolled it, over and over, till her arms were floppy and the doughball was smooth.

From Literature

"In January last year, I was using a feeding tube, but there was a lot of mucus, and he just went blue and floppy," said his mum.

From BBC

Lily holds up my floppy straw beach hat, placing it on her head so the brim fully covers her eyes.

From Literature

The strangely fascinating use of ancient technology—dot-matrix printers, floppy disks, a mid-’80s computer that was then known as the Macintosh—is a pleasure, though far from the only one in “OBEX.”

From The Wall Street Journal

"She collapsed and her arm and leg went all floppy and then she started to have a seizure," Ms Horton, who lives in Plymouth, said.

From BBC