51Թ

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floppy

[ flop-ee ]

adjective

floppier, floppiest.
  1. tending to flop.


noun

plural floppies.

floppy

/ ˈڱɒɪ /

adjective

  1. limp or hanging loosely

    a dog with floppy ears

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. short for floppy disk
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈڱDZ辱, adverb
  • ˈڱDZ辱Ա, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ڱDZp· adverb
  • ڱDZp·Ա noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of floppy1

First recorded in 1855–60; flop + -y 1
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Mr Wheeler, who was not Lexi's biological father, said in court she went floppy in his arms and stopped breathing.

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Quinn was "pale and floppy" when he was delivered by emergency C-section, the court heard.

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Stockton had been in sole charge of Charlie for just 18 minutes on the morning of 12 January when he called 999 to say the boy had gone "floppy" and was struggling to breathe.

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"It's tricky because the tissues are floppy, and you have to take care to make it stay in shape," he says.

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Riley said farmers were considering whether to install “floppy inflatable men you see outside of car dealerships” to ward off the birds.

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