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"word": "πλαδαρός"
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{
"code": "is",
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"sense": "limp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible",
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"masculine"
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"word": "linur"
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{
"code": "ga",
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"sense": "limp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible",
"word": "liobarnach"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "limp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible",
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"masculine"
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"word": "floscio"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "limp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "floscia"
},
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "darashinai",
"sense": "limp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible",
"word": "だらしない"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "neuseunhan",
"sense": "limp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible",
"word": "느슨한"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "limp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible",
"word": "flaccidus"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "limp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "flexível"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gíbkij",
"sense": "limp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible",
"word": "ги́бкий"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "limp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible",
"word": "flojo"
}
],
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"floppy"
],
"word": "floppy"
}
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"English adjectives",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms suffixed with -y",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"Rhymes:English/ɒpi",
"Rhymes:English/ɒpi/2 syllables"
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"word": "flippy"
},
{
"word": "flippy disc"
},
{
"word": "flippy disk"
},
{
"word": "flippy diskette"
},
{
"word": "flippy floppy"
},
{
"word": "flippy-floppy"
},
{
"word": "floppy disc drive"
},
{
"word": "floppy disk drive"
},
{
"word": "floppy diskette drive"
},
{
"word": "floppy drive"
},
{
"word": "micro floppy"
},
{
"word": "micro-floppy"
},
{
"word": "microfloppy"
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{
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{
"word": "mini-floppy"
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{
"word": "minifloppy"
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"tags": [
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{
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{
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{
"word": "flippy disc"
},
{
"word": "flippy disk"
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{
"word": "flippy diskette"
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{
"word": "flippy floppy"
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{
"word": "flippy-floppy"
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{
"word": "floppy diskette"
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{
"word": "micro floppy"
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{
"word": "micro-floppy"
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{
"word": "microfloppy"
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{
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{
"word": "mini-floppy"
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{
"word": "minifloppy"
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"English dated terms",
"en:Computing"
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"glosses": [
"A floppy disk."
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[
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"(computing, dated) A floppy disk."
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"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"sciences"
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{
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"English military slang",
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned",
"Rhodesian English",
"South African English"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1997, Dick Gledhill, One Commando: Rhodesia's Last Years & the Guerilla War it Never Lost, page 55",
"text": "\"Ja, our job is not to think or make decisions. We just here to slay floppies,\" remarked Koos.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"An insurgent in the Rhodesian Bush War, called as such for the way they \"flop\" when shot."
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"slang",
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{
"word": "terr"
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{
"word": "gook"
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"politics",
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"English informal terms",
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "2013, Nickie D. Phillips, Staci Strobl, Comic Book Crime: Truth, Justice, and the American Way, page 226",
"text": "We suggest that the impact of comic books is greater than it may first appear. Though individual sales of floppies may be low compared to, say, dollar grosses on motion pictures or may reach fewer viewers than a summer blockbuster […]",
"type": "quotation"
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"A comic book."
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"links": [
[
"comic book",
"comic book"
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],
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"(informal) A comic book."
],
"tags": [
"informal"
]
}
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{
"ipa": "/ˈflɒ.pi/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɒpi"
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{
"audio": "en-us-floppy.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/05/En-us-floppy.ogg/En-us-floppy.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/En-us-floppy.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "disketa",
"sense": "(computing) a floppy disk",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "дискета"
},
{
"code": "zh",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "cídié",
"sense": "(computing) a floppy disk",
"word": "磁碟"
},
{
"code": "zh",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "cípán",
"sense": "(computing) a floppy disk",
"word": "磁盘"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "(computing) a floppy disk",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "diskette"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "(computing) a floppy disk",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "floppydisk"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(computing) a floppy disk",
"word": "levyke"
},
{
"alt": "5+¹⁄₄-inch",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(computing) a floppy disk",
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"word": "lerppu"
},
{
"alt": "3+¹⁄₂-inch",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(computing) a floppy disk",
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"word": "korppu"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(computing) a floppy disk",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "disquette"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(computing) a floppy disk",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Diskette"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(computing) a floppy disk",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Floppy Disc"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "diskéta",
"sense": "(computing) a floppy disk",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "δισκέτα"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "(computing) a floppy disk",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "floppy disk"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "(computing) a floppy disk",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "floppy"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "(computing) a floppy disk",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dischetto"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "furoppī",
"sense": "(computing) a floppy disk",
"word": "フロッピー"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "peullopi",
"sense": "(computing) a floppy disk",
"word": "플로피"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "phlŏpī",
"sense": "(computing) a floppy disk",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "फ्लॉपी"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "(computing) a floppy disk",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "disco flexível"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "diskéta",
"sense": "(computing) a floppy disk",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "диске́та"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(computing) a floppy disk",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "disquete"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"floppy"
],
"word": "floppy"
}
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