flippy

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English

Etymology

From flip +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

Adjective

flippy (comparative flippier, superlative flippiest)

  1. (informal) Having a tendency to flip.
    • 2012, Rebecca Snyder, Two Hearts Are Better Than One:
      And at that point I start to feel faint and my stomach starts doing that weird flippy thing.

Derived terms

Noun

flippy (plural flippies)

  1. (computing) A flippy disk.
    • 1989, Winn L. Rosch, The Winn Rosch Hardware Bible, page 512:
      Practical experience has shown the flippies are not a flawless or long-term solution. When a disk is flipped over, it turns in the opposite direction. In doing so, it bends the nap of the liner in the disk shell in the opposite direction