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mop
1[ mop ]
noun
- a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
- a thick mass of hair.
- a polishing wheel having several layers of cloth secured by a boss.
verb (used with object)
- to rub, wipe, clean, or remove with a mop (often followed by up ):
to mop up a spill.
- to wipe as if with a mop:
to mop the face with a handkerchief.
verb (used without object)
- to clean or wipe with or as if with a mop (often followed by up ):
First he swept, then he mopped up.
verb phrase
- Military. to clear (ground, trenches, towns, etc.) of scattered or remaining enemy combatants after attacking forces have conquered the area.
- Informal. to dispose of; complete; finish:
He mopped up the rest of his business and went on a vacation.
mop
1/ mɒp /
noun
- (in various parts of England) an annual fair at which formerly servants were hired
mop
2/ mɒp /
noun
- an implement with a wooden handle and a head made of twists of cotton or a piece of synthetic sponge, used for polishing or washing floors, or washing dishes
- something resembling this, such as a tangle of hair
verb
- troften foll byup to clean or soak up with or as if with a mop
mop
3/ mɒp /
verb
- intr to make a grimace or sad expression (esp in the phrase mop and mow )
noun
- such a face or expression
Word History and Origins
Origin of mop1
Origin of mop2
Word History and Origins
Origin of mop1
Origin of mop2
Origin of mop3
Idioms and Phrases
- mop the floor with. floor ( def 20 ).
Example Sentences
Indeed, a common racial slur in Dutch is, precisely, roetmop, which means soot mop.
They had kicked the old mop out of the house and slammed the door.
It was about a family that had discarded their trusty old mop for a new, improved model.
In person, Gondry is more Joel than Doc Brown—a fragile, soft-spoken man with a mop of curly brown hair.
Mop is made up of a large, graphic vinyl, an array of found objects, and a selection of images.
But it is emulating Mrs. Partington and her mop to attempt to preach down a (p. 206) world.
He then drew from his kimono sleeve a pink-bordered foreign pocket-handkerchief, and began to mop his damp forehead.
"On the porch, if you have eyes for anything less attractive than a young lady with a mop of blue hair," said the indignant Rob.
His face was an exact triangle, beginning with a mop of red-brown hair, and ending with a pointed chin.
Isabel sat back with her black mop of hair buried deep in the chair looking quickly from face to face.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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