Mop MOP, n. [L. mappa.] A piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums
or coarse yarn fastened to a handle and used for cleaning floors.
1. A wry mouth. [Not used.] MOP, v.t. To rub or wipe with a
mop. MOP, v.i. To make a wry mouth. [Not used.]
mop
n 1: cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material
fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors [syn: swab,
swob, mop]
v 1: to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop; "Mop the hallway
now"; "He mopped her forehead with a towel" [syn: wipe
up}, mop up, mop]
2: make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip; "mop and
mow"; "The girl pouted" [syn: pout, mop, mow]
mop I. nounEtymology: Middle English mappeDate: 15th century
1. an implement made of absorbent material fastened to a handle and
used especially for cleaning floors 2. something that resembles a
mop; especially a thick mass of hair
II. verb (mopped; mopping)
Date: 1709 transitive verb1. to use a mop on; specifically to clean or clear away
by mopping <mop the floors> — often used with up
<mop up the spillage> 2. to wipe as if with a mop
<mopped his brow with a handkerchief>
intransitive verb to clean a surface (as a floor) with a mop
• moppernoun
mop 1. n. & v. --n. 1 a wad or bundle of cotton or synthetic material fastened to the end of a stick, for cleaning floors etc. 2 a similarly-shaped large or small implement for
various purposes. 3 anything resembling a mop, esp. a thick mass of hair. 4 an act of mopping or being mopped (gave it a mop). --v.tr. (mopped, mopping) 1 wipe or clean with or as with a
mop. 2 a wipe tears or sweat etc. from (one's face or brow etc.). b wipe away (tears etc.). Phrases and idioms: mop up 1 wipe up with or as with a mop. 2 colloq. absorb (profits
etc.). 3 dispatch; make an end of. 4 Mil. a complete the occupation of (a district etc.) by capturing or killing enemy troops left there. b capture or kill
(stragglers). Derivatives: moppy adj. Etymology: ME mappe, perh. ult. rel. to L mappa napkin 2. n. Brit. hist. an autumn fair or gathering at which farm-hands and
servants were formerly hired. Etymology: perh. = mop-fair, at which a mop was carried by a maidservant seeking employment
mop
(mops, mopping, mopped)
1. A mop is a piece of equipment for washing floors. It consists of a sponge or many
pieces of string attached to a long handle.
N-COUNT
2. If you mop a surface such as a floor, you clean it with a mop.
There was a woman mopping the stairs.VERB: V n
3. If you mop sweat from your forehead or mop your forehead, you wipe it with
a piece of cloth.
He mopped perspiration from his forehead...The Inspector took out a handkerchief and mopped his brow.= wipe
VERB: V n from n, V n
4. If someone has a mopof hair, they have a lot of hair and it looks rather untidy.
He was long-limbed and dark-eyed, with a mop of tight, dark curls.N-COUNT: usu N of n
Mop \Mop\, n. [CF. W. mop, mopa, Ir. moipal, Gael. moibeal,
moibean; or OF. mappe a napkin (see Map, Napkin).]
1. An implement for washing floors, or the like, made of a
piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn,
fastened to a handle.
2. A fair where servants are hired. [Prov. Eng.]
3. The young of any animal; also, a young girl; a moppet.
[Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
Mop head.
(a) The end of a mop, to which the thrums or rags are
fastened.
(b) A clamp for holding the thrums or rags of a mop.
[U.S.]
Mop \Mop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mopped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Mopping.]
To rub or wipe with a mop, or as with a mop; as, to mop a
floor; to mop one's face with a handkerchief.
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