"flippy-floppy" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more flippy-floppy [comparative], most flippy-floppy [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} flippy-floppy (comparative more flippy-floppy, superlative most flippy-floppy)
  1. (informal) floppy Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-flippy-floppy-en-adj-98XiReZK

Noun

Forms: flippy-floppies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} flippy-floppy (plural flippy-floppies)
  1. (computing, dated) A two-sided floppy disk; a flippy disk. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-flippy-floppy-en-noun-VlqMGyTh Categories (other): English apophonic reduplications, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English apophonic reduplications: 10 90 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 17 83 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 19 81 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

Download JSONL data for flippy-floppy meaning in English (2.4kB)

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