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Definitions for: 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"
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: mop up, mow, pout, swab, swob, wipe 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
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