About The Word Mop
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What's The Definition Of Mop?
[n] cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors
[v] make a sad face; "mop and mow" [v] to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop; "Mop the hallway now"; "He mopped her forehead with a towel" Synonyms | Synonyms for Mop: mop up | mow | pout | swab | swob | wipe up Related Terms | Find terms related to Mop: baptize | bath | bathe | crop | douche | fleece | flush | flush out | gargle | grimace | head | head of hair | holystone | irrigate | lather | launder | lave | locks | make a face | make a mouth | mane | mat | mop and mow | mop up | mouth | mow | mug | pout | pull a face | rinse | rinse out | ritually immerse | scour | scrub | scrub up | shag | shampoo | shock | shower | sluice | sluice out | soap | sponge | swab | syringe | thatch | toivel | tresses | tub | wash | wash out | wash up See Also | absorb | cleaning implement | draw | dry mop | dust mop | dustmop | grimace | imbibe | make a face | mop handle | pull a face | soak up | sop | sop up | sponge | sponge mop | suck | suck up | swab | swob | take in | take up Mop In Webster's Dictionary \Mop\, n. [See {Mope}.]
A made-up face; a grimace. ``What mops and mowes it makes!''
--Beau. & Fl.
\Mop\, v. i. To make a wry mouth. [Obs.] --Shak. \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\, 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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