overwordExplorer
ENGLISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

floppy.

Limp, not hard, firm, or rigid; flexible.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈflɒ.pi/
  1. Limp, not hard, firm, or rigid; flexible.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English flop Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English floppy From flop + -y.

noun/ˈflɒ.pi/
  1. A floppy disk.

    dated
  2. An insurgent in the Rhodesian Bush War, called as such for the way they "flop" when shot.

    Rhodesia · South-Africa · slang
  3. A comic book.

    informal
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English flop Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English floppy From flop + -y.

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

floppy has 6 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

floppy studiofloppy workshello, floppy

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.