Definitions for mop
mɒpmop

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. swab, swob, mopverb

   cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors

2. wipe up, mop up, mopverb

   to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop

   "Mop the hallway now"; "He mopped her forehead with a towel"

3. pout, mop, mowverb

   make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip

   "mop and mow"; "The girl pouted"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mopnoun

   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. mopnoun

   A dense head of hair.

   He ran a comb through his mop and hurried out the door.

3. mopnoun

   A fair where servants are hired.

4. mopnoun

   The young of any animal; also, a young girl; a moppet.

5. mopnoun

   A made-up face; a grimace.

   What mops and mowes it makes! --Francis Beaumont & John Fletcher

6. mopverb

   To rub, scrub, clean or wipe with a mop, or as if with a mop.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mopnoun

   Etymology: moppa, Welsh; mappa, Latin.

   1. Pieces of cloth, or locks of wool, fixed to a long handle, with which maids clean the floors.

   Such is that sprinkling which some careless quean
   Flirts on you from her mop, but not so clean.
   You fly, invoke the gods; then turning, stop
   To rail; she singing still whirls on her mop. Jonathan Swift.

   2. [Perhaps corrupted from mock.]A wry mouth made in contempt.

   Each one, tripping on his toe,
   Will be here with mop and mow. William Shakespeare, Tempest.

2. To Mopverb

   To rub with a mop.

   Etymology: from the noun.

3. To Mopverb

   To make wry mouths in contempt.

   Etymology: from mock.

   Five fiends have been in poor Tom at once; of lust, as Obidicut; Hobbididen, prince of dumbness; Mahu, of stealing; Mohu, of murder; and Flibbertigibbet, of mopping and mowing, who since possesses chamber-maids. William Shakespeare.

   An ass fell a mopping and braying at a lion. Roger L'Estrange.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mop

   A mop (such as a floor mop) is a mass or bundle of coarse strings or yarn, etc., or a piece of cloth, sponge or other absorbent material, attached to a pole or stick. It is used to soak up liquid, for cleaning floors and other surfaces, to mop up dust, or for other cleaning purposes.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mop

   A mop is a cleaning tool consisting of absorbent material attached to a long handle, used for wiping or scrubbing floors or other surfaces. The absorbent material is typically made of cotton, synthetic fibers or sponge, designed to absorb or draw in water or other liquid for cleaning purposes.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mopnoun

   a made-up face; a grimace

2. Mopverb

   to make a wry mouth

3. Mopnoun

   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

4. Mopnoun

   a fair where servants are hired

5. Mopnoun

   the young of any animal; also, a young girl; a moppet

6. Mopverb

   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

7. Etymology: [See Mope.]

WikidataRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Mop

   A mop is a mass or bundle of coarse strings or yarn, etc., or a piece of cloth, sponge, or other absorbent material, attached to a pole or stick. It is used to soak up liquid, for cleaning floors and other surfaces, or to mop up dust, or for other cleaning purposes. The word is attested in English as early as 1496, but new refinements and variations of mop designs have been introduced, from time to time. For example, American inventor Jacob Howe received U.S. patent #241 for a mop holder in 1837 and African American inventor Thomas W. Stewart in 1893.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mop

   mop, n. a bunch of rags, &c., fixed, on a handle for washing floors, windows, or the like: anything at all like a mop: (prov.) a hiring-fair.—v.t. to rub or wipe with a mop:—pr.p. mop′ping; pa.t. and pa.p. mopped.—adj. Mop′-head′ed, having a shaggy, unkempt head of hair. [O. Fr. mappe—L. mappa, a napkin.]

2. Mop

   mop, n. a grimace.—v.i. to make such.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mop

   A young whiting.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mop

   A tool for cleaning.

   He bought a new MOP to clean the floors with and enjoyed using his new MOP to clean.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 13, 2015  

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1. mop

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1. • Grimace

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Anagrams for mop »

1. PMO

2. pom

3. POM

4. OPM

How to pronounce mop?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say mop in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of mop in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of mop in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of mop in a Sentence

1. Cal Fire Captain Lucas Spelman:

   Cal Fire is not progressing any longer, which is good, we are in the stage of being able to go in there and mop up.

2. United States:

   Hair works a bit like a mop, collecting pollen that's floating in the air, since hair is the closest thing to your nasal passages, it can really bother you. If you wash it or brush it out before you go to sleep, or at least cover it, then you won't be sleeping in all that pollen.

3. Whoopi Goldberg:

   Maybe one day they'll make a movie about a skinny white lady who invented a mop. ... Of course a black girl would have to invent the cure for cancer before they even give her a TV movie.

4. Chief Executive Stefan Borgas:

   We are trying to accelerate this switch because polysulphate is so much more profitable than MOP (common muriate of potash).

5. Ronald Mc Donald:

   Grab a bucket and mop, scrub the bottom and top, there's nothing so clean, as my burger machine, You deserve a break today so get up and get away at McDonalds!

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=mop
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Mop
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=mop
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mop
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mop
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=mop
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=mop
9. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=mop
10. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=mop