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DROOPY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does droopy mean? 

DROOPY (adjective)
  The adjective DROOPY has 1 sense:

1. hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness)play

  Familiarity information: DROOPY used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DROOPY (adjective)

 Declension: comparative and superlative 
Comparative: droopier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Superlative: droopiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness)

Synonyms:

drooping; droopy; sagging

Similar:

lax (lacking in firmness or tension; not taut)

Derivation:

droop (a shape that sags)


 Context examples 


These can include: • A droopy eyelid • Double vision or other changes in vision • Pain above or behind the eye • A dilated pupil • Numbness or weakness on one side of the face or body

(Brain Aneurysm, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)



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