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• wet mop
  wet mop

  noun

  a long-handled, absorbent mop designed to clean floors with water.
• wet-mop
  wet-mop

  verb (used with object)

  to clean (a floor) with a wet mop.

wet mop

¹ American  

noun

1. a long-handled, absorbent mop designed to clean floors with water.

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wet-mop ² American  

[wet-mop] / ˈwɛtˌmɒp /

verb (used with object)

wet-mopped, wet-mopping

1. to clean (a floor) with a wet mop.

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Example Sentences

It may be tempting to start with a wet mop — but several cleaning and damage repair experts cautioned against that.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2025

Firstly, the slamming-dropping action can easily go awry, leading to broken glass, a soaked lap and the need for a wet mop.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 29, 2021

It looks like a pile of leaves partially eroded by blight, or like a wet mop, upended, after a hard day on the kitchen floor.

From Time Magazine Archive

Each Saturday at the nursing home was Lysol day, and the halls met with a wet mop down the center, enough to produce the "clean" smell that camouflaged the real one.

From Time Magazine Archive

An older boy was leaning over sideways, shaking his wet mop of hair.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides