floppy

[US]/ˈflɒpi/
[UK]/ˈflɑːpi/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

floppy
adj. soft and loose; hanging or dropping down easily
comparative: floppier, superlative: floppiest

Phrases & Collocations

floppy disk

floppy drive

floppy disk drive

floppy disc

Example Sentences

lank and floppy hair.

the dog had floppy ears.

This material's too floppy for a jacket.

Please format this floppy disc.

a floppy hat brim. firm

She was wearing a big floppy hat.

DISKCOMP Compares the contents of two floppy disks.

A floppy hat screened her face.

Always buy good quality floppy disks. Don’t spoil the ship for a ha’porth of tar.

Other IRQs are normally assigned to common devices such as a floppy disk and a printer.

Real-world Examples

This material's too floppy for a jacket.

Source: IELTS Vocabulary: Category Recognition

Coloured coats, curly tails and floppy ears.

Source: "BBC Documentary: The Secret Life of Puppies"

Usually, newborns with Prader-Willi syndrome have low muscle tone making them extremely floppy.

Source: Osmosis - Genetics

Look how floppy her Ossicones are!

Source: National Geographic Science Popularization (Video Version)

At the time you used floppy disks and put them in the external drive.

Source: American English dialogue

Okay a chicken. Skinny legs like you. Floppy tail please.

Source: Loving Vincent: The Mystery of the Starry Night

He made me laugh and… I miss his floppy hair.

Source: BBC Animation Workplace

Get busy putting those thousand words on paper or on a floppy disk.

Source: Stephen King on Writing

In terms of how, as it were, the floppy drives are set up.

Source: Yale University Open Course: Death (Audio Version)

Slice it floppy enough to drape in like layers of phyllo pastry and baklava.

Source: Gourmet Base

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