Meanings
comparative floppier · superlative floppiest
- Limp, not hard, firm, or rigid; flexible.
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.
2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty […], 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 3Synonyms: flopsy
plural floppies
- datedcomputingA floppy disk.
- RhodesiaSouth AfricaslanggovernmentAn insurgent in the Rhodesian Bush War, called as such for the way they "flop" when shot.
"Ja, our job is not to think or make decisions. We just here to slay floppies," remarked Koos.
1997, Dick Gledhill, One Commando: Rhodesia's Last Years & the Guerilla^([sic]) War It Never Lost, page 55 - informalA comic book.
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 […]
2013, Nickie D. Phillips, Staci Strobl, Comic Book Crime: Truth, Justice, and the American Way, page 226
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveLimp, not hard, firm, or rigid; flexible.
nounAn insurgent in the Rhodesian Bush War, called as such for the way they "flop" when shot.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivehanging limply
nouna small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek πλαδαρός
- πλαδαρός (pladarós)limp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible
Bulgarian отпуснат, увиснал
- отпуснат (otpusnat)limp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible
- увиснал (uvisnal)limp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible
- диске́та (diskéta)(computing) a floppy disk
Chinese Mandarin 懶散的 /懒散的, 磁碟
- 懶散的 /懒散的 (lǎnsǎn de)limp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible
- 磁碟 (cídié)(computing) a floppy disk
- 磁盘 (cípán)(computing) a floppy disk
Danish slap, diskette
- slaplimp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible
- diskette(computing) a floppy disk
- floppydisk(computing) a floppy disk
Dutch slap
- slaplimp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible
Estonian lõtv
- lõtvlimp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible
Finnish lerppu, levyke
- lerppulimp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible
- levyke(computing) a floppy disk
- lerppu(computing) a floppy disk
- korppu(computing) a floppy disk
French souple, disquette
- souplelimp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible
- disquette(computing) a floppy disk
German schlaff, Diskette
- schlafflimp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible
- Diskette(computing) a floppy disk
- Floppy Disc(computing) a floppy disk
Greek πλαδαρός, δισκέτα
- πλαδαρός (pladarós)limp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible
- δισκέτα (diskéta)(computing) a floppy disk
Icelandic linur
- linurlimp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible
Irish liobarnach
- liobarnachlimp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible
Italian floscio, floscia
- flosciolimp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible
- floscialimp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible
- floppy disk(computing) a floppy disk
- floppy(computing) a floppy disk
- dischetto(computing) a floppy disk
- disco flessibile(computing) a floppy disk
- disco floscio(computing) a floppy disk
Japanese だらしない, フロッピー
- だらしない (darashinai)limp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible
- フロッピー (furoppī)(computing) a floppy disk
Korean 느슨한, 플로피
- 느슨한 (neuseunhan)limp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible
- 플로피 (peullopi)(computing) a floppy disk
Latin flaccidus
- flacciduslimp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible
Portuguese flexível, disco flexível
- flexívellimp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible
- disco flexível(computing) a floppy disk
Russian ги́бкий, диске́та
- ги́бкий (gíbkij)limp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible
- диске́та (diskéta)(computing) a floppy disk
Spanish flojo, desplomoso
- flojolimp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible
- desplomosolimp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible
- colapsosolimp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible
- disquete(computing) a floppy disk
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with floppy
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floppy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/floppy
“floppy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/floppy. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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