Floppy

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -É’pi

Origin

flop + -y

Full definition of floppy

Adjective

1. Limp, not hard, firm, or rigid; flexible.
• 2005, Alan Hollinghurst, , Bloomsbury Publishing, p. 3,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.

Derived terms

• floppy disk, floppy disc

Noun

1. (computing) A floppy disk

Synonyms

• diskette

Derived terms

• mini-floppy
• micro-floppy