Something that is floppy is loose rather than stiff, and tends to hang downwards.
...the girl with the floppy hat and glasses.
Synonyms: droopy, soft, loose, hanging More Synonyms of floppy
floppy in British English
(ˈflɒpɪ)
adjectiveWord forms: -pier or -piest
1.
limp or hanging loosely
a dog with floppy ears
nounWord forms: plural-pies
2. short for floppy disk
Derived forms
floppily (ˈfloppily)
adverb
floppiness (ˈfloppiness)
noun
floppy in American English
(ˈflɑpi)
adjectiveWord forms: ˈfloppier or ˈfloppiest
1. Informal
flopping or inclined to flop; soft and flexible
noun
2.
floppy disk
Derived forms
floppily (ˈfloppily)
adverb
floppiness (ˈfloppiness)
noun
Examples of 'floppy' in a sentence
floppy
All that's missing is their floppy hair and dodgy waistcoats.
The Sun (2017)
The brute is seen in a blue hoodie and with a floppy hair fringe.
The Sun (2010)
There is an early computer with slots for giant floppy disks.
Christianity Today (2000)
Or should you put on your floppy hat and head for the shade?
The Sun (2009)
Software is the floppy disk on which instructions and information are written.
Dyson, Freeman Infinite in All Directions (1989)
Pocket calculators existed before there were floppy disks.
Dyson, Freeman Infinite in All Directions (1989)
Now hardware is silicon chips and software is floppy disks.
Dyson, Freeman Infinite in All Directions (1989)
It turns your floppy disk into a hard drive.
The Sun (2007)
Yesterday he could be seen wearing a floppy hat and tending to his turf with a green plastic rake.
The Sun (2014)
This service should be willing to keep your resume filed electronically on a floppy disk or on a hard drive.
Hopkins, Tom The Guide to Greatness in Sales (1994)
My money's on the one in the floppy hat.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
At the very least, a floppy hat will always prove useful on a bad hair day.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
A cloth hat with a floppy broad brim completed the ensemble.
Richard Holmes Dusty Warriors: Modern Soldiers at War (2006)
Team your skirt with a floppy hat, tan platforms and a smart blazer for an alternative wedding outfit.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Must be his floppy hair.
The Sun (2012)
It was no good trying to keep my floppy hat on in the wind, so my father took charge of it.
Max Arthur Lost Voices of the Edwardians: 19011910 in the words of the Men & Women Who WereThere (2006)
A small plastic box for "floppy disks "could hold the same volume of data as a conventional filing cabinet.
Tom Cannon Basic Marketing. Principles and Practice (1986)
They can also, when exhausted, become limp and floppy.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
All floppy hair, deep tan and white teeth, he was the blueprint of gorgeous.
The Sun (2014)
He has a floppy head of hair with white flecks, and a happy, slightly ruddy face.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I had big, floppy hair.
The Sun (2008)
They will then be stored on a more permanent medium, a floppy disk, when the computer is switched off.
Chapman, C. & Horsley, M. & Small, E. Technology Basic Facts (1990)
They had floppy blond hair and straight white teeth and they were cycling through the countryside, grinning furiously, in clothes so clean they looked radioactive.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
In other languages
floppy
British English: floppy ADJECTIVE
Something that is floppy is loose rather than stiff, and tends to hang downwards.