Floppy
adjective
Something that is soft and can bend or hang loosely.
The dog has floppy ears.
Often appears as...
- floppy hat
- floppy disk
noun
A type of data storage device that is bendable.
He saved the file on a floppy disk.
Often appears as...
- floppy disk drive
- 3.5 inch floppy
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Technical
adjective
Something that is soft and can bend or hang loosely.
The dog has floppy ears.
Often appears as...
- floppy hat
- floppy disk
noun
A type of data storage device that is bendable.
He saved the file on a floppy disk.
Often appears as...
- floppy disk drive
- 3.5 inch floppy
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Texture
Describes objects with a soft, bendable texture that are not rigid.
She wore a floppy sunhat to the beach.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Use
Used in casual settings to describe objects that bend easily.
I like wearing floppy bow ties at picnics.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
Can suggest a lack of structure or control, often not ideal.
His floppy handwriting made the note hard to read.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Texture
Describes objects with a soft, bendable texture that are not rigid.
She wore a floppy sunhat to the beach.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Use
Used in casual settings to describe objects that bend easily.
I like wearing floppy bow ties at picnics.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
Can suggest a lack of structure or control, often not ideal.
His floppy handwriting made the note hard to read.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Texture
Describes objects with a soft, bendable texture that are not rigid.
She wore a floppy sunhat to the beach.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Use
Used in casual settings to describe objects that bend easily.
I like wearing floppy bow ties at picnics.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
Can suggest a lack of structure or control, often not ideal.
His floppy handwriting made the note hard to read.
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Safari Live - Day 7 PIPE...
able to support that that sort of size so that's why it's going to be quite small still so if you're interesting to hear how many Barons actually seen so wonder if we can bounce that over to him as well but as I say here I remember there being a floppy ear some viewers might actually remember her and she we
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The 5 Musketeers Eat...
being quite affectionate to one another just sort of smelling and licking where's that bossy cub that was Archie a moment ago I'm sure he'll come through and stir a bit of trouble like it always seems to do it's like the floppy eared cub of the hyena clan right we'll stay
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Why Do Dogs Bark? PIPE...
domesticated dogs we bred out some of the wild behaviors and this process accidentally led to new characteristics colored coats curly tails and floppy ears add a few thousand years of breeding from the dogs we love the most and you have the huge variety that we see today
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Finding life we can't...
stuff came about and it started out quite a while ago when someone wrote one of the first successful computer viruses and for those of you who aren't old enough you have no idea how this infection was working namely through these floppy disks but the interesting
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How we can store digital...
and how much we can recover and how much we can store. Every advance in writing data has required a new way to read it. We can no longer read old media. How many of you even have a disk drive in your laptop, never mind a floppy drive?
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3 myths about the future...
artificial intelligence system in the law. This was the home screen design. He assures me this was a cool screen design at the time. I've never been entirely convinced. He published it in the form of two floppy disks,
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New bionics let us run,...
Under electrostatic effect, it changes stiffness. So under zero voltage, the material is compliant, it's floppy like paper. Then the button's pushed, a voltage is applied, and it becomes stiff as a board.
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Great White Sharks of...
than the average great white. And now Lucy's adoring public keeps an eye out for her signature floppy fin and her unique swagger. Unlike other female great whites,
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Incredible Dolphin...
jerky and uncoordinated this tiny dorsal fin is still floppy from being squashed up inside mum puck doesn't let her baby out of her sight for a second
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Best Of Animal Teamwork...
jerky and uncoordinating this tiny dorsal fin is still floppy from being squashed up inside mum
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Safari Live - Day 7 PIPE...
able to support that that sort of size so that's why it's going to be quite small still so if you're interesting to hear how many Barons actually seen so wonder if we can bounce that over to him as well but as I say here I remember there being a floppy ear some viewers might actually remember her and she we
Video examples
The 5 Musketeers Eat...
being quite affectionate to one another just sort of smelling and licking where's that bossy cub that was Archie a moment ago I'm sure he'll come through and stir a bit of trouble like it always seems to do it's like the floppy eared cub of the hyena clan right we'll stay
Video examples
Why Do Dogs Bark? PIPE...
domesticated dogs we bred out some of the wild behaviors and this process accidentally led to new characteristics colored coats curly tails and floppy ears add a few thousand years of breeding from the dogs we love the most and you have the huge variety that we see today
Video examples
Finding life we can't...
stuff came about and it started out quite a while ago when someone wrote one of the first successful computer viruses and for those of you who aren't old enough you have no idea how this infection was working namely through these floppy disks but the interesting
Video examples
How we can store digital...
and how much we can recover and how much we can store. Every advance in writing data has required a new way to read it. We can no longer read old media. How many of you even have a disk drive in your laptop, never mind a floppy drive?
Video examples
3 myths about the future...
artificial intelligence system in the law. This was the home screen design. He assures me this was a cool screen design at the time. I've never been entirely convinced. He published it in the form of two floppy disks,
Video examples
New bionics let us run,...
Under electrostatic effect, it changes stiffness. So under zero voltage, the material is compliant, it's floppy like paper. Then the button's pushed, a voltage is applied, and it becomes stiff as a board.
Video examples
Great White Sharks of...
than the average great white. And now Lucy's adoring public keeps an eye out for her signature floppy fin and her unique swagger. Unlike other female great whites,
Video examples
Incredible Dolphin...
jerky and uncoordinated this tiny dorsal fin is still floppy from being squashed up inside mum puck doesn't let her baby out of her sight for a second
Video examples
Best Of Animal Teamwork...
jerky and uncoordinating this tiny dorsal fin is still floppy from being squashed up inside mum
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Pete Burns
English Musician
It was a lovely feeling, dying. I can remember being in the hospital, all wired up to tubes and thinking, 'If only you'd take these tubes out, it feels so nice.' It felt so - it felt like being in a bath of velvet. It was such a nice feeling. Everything felt so soft and floppy, and I wanted to go.
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John Frankenheimer
American Director
I mean, this whole digital revolution is really eroding the director's importance on a movie because, number one, just from a practical standpoint, with floppy disks and the ability to put all of the film onto a disk, more people have access to the movie.
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Phil Daniels
English Actor
I had a weimaraner for 11 years called China, and he was a great dog, a bit mad. They're massive, weimaraners; they've got big floppy ears. They look like a pointer, but they're liver-coloured.
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Todd Solondz
American Writer
And that's just what I'm saying. I would never want to be like certain people, who change the way they dress, go out in disguise, wear a big floppy hat and dark shades. I would hate that.
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Nell Scovell
American Journalist
Moms Mabley blazed a path for female stand-ups in a housecoat and floppy hat. Phyllis Diller worked equally hard to make herself unattractive to men and non-threatening to women.
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Andrew Rosenthal
American Journalist
The IIc was Apple's first crack at a 'portable' computer, which it sort of was if you didn't mind a 7.5 pound weight, plus monitor, external floppy drive, and all the cables.
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Rege-Jean Page
English Actor
I try to kind of surf the waves as they come and stay loose so that if anything does throw me off balance, I'm kind of floppy enough to roll with it.
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Phil Schiller
American Businessman
We got rid of parallel ports, the serial bus, floppy drives, physical keyboards on phones - do you miss the physical keyboards on your phone?
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Tim Sweeney
American Businessman
Epic has prided itself on providing software directly to customers ever since I started mailing floppy disks in 1991.
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Scarlett Johansson
American Actress
Chickens scare me. I don't like them. They seem a little floppy or something.
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Pete Burns
English Musician
It was a lovely feeling, dying. I can remember being in the hospital, all wired up to tubes and thinking, 'If only you'd take these tubes out, it feels so nice.' It felt so - it felt like being in a bath of velvet. It was such a nice feeling. Everything felt so soft and floppy, and I wanted to go.
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John Frankenheimer
American Director
I mean, this whole digital revolution is really eroding the director's importance on a movie because, number one, just from a practical standpoint, with floppy disks and the ability to put all of the film onto a disk, more people have access to the movie.
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Phil Daniels
English Actor
I had a weimaraner for 11 years called China, and he was a great dog, a bit mad. They're massive, weimaraners; they've got big floppy ears. They look like a pointer, but they're liver-coloured.
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Todd Solondz
American Writer
And that's just what I'm saying. I would never want to be like certain people, who change the way they dress, go out in disguise, wear a big floppy hat and dark shades. I would hate that.
Quote examples
Nell Scovell
American Journalist
Moms Mabley blazed a path for female stand-ups in a housecoat and floppy hat. Phyllis Diller worked equally hard to make herself unattractive to men and non-threatening to women.
Quote examples
Andrew Rosenthal
American Journalist
The IIc was Apple's first crack at a 'portable' computer, which it sort of was if you didn't mind a 7.5 pound weight, plus monitor, external floppy drive, and all the cables.
Quote examples
Rege-Jean Page
English Actor
I try to kind of surf the waves as they come and stay loose so that if anything does throw me off balance, I'm kind of floppy enough to roll with it.
Quote examples
Phil Schiller
American Businessman
We got rid of parallel ports, the serial bus, floppy drives, physical keyboards on phones - do you miss the physical keyboards on your phone?
Quote examples
Tim Sweeney
American Businessman
Epic has prided itself on providing software directly to customers ever since I started mailing floppy disks in 1991.
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Scarlett Johansson
American Actress
Chickens scare me. I don't like them. They seem a little floppy or something.
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