mop

[Mop]

A mop is a tool for cleaning a floor. Most mops have a long handle and a sponge or bundle of absorbent strings on one end. If someone says that your hair looks like a mop, that's not a compliment.

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A made-up face; a grimace.

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

Verb
make a sad face and thrust out one''s lower lip; "mop and mow"; "The girl pouted"

Verb
to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop; "Mop the hallway now"; "He mopped her forehead with a towel"


n.
A made-up face; a grimace.

v. i.
To make a wry mouth.

n.
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.

n.
A fair where servants are hired.

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

v. t.
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.


Mop

Mop , n. [See Mope.] A made-up face; a grimace. "What mops and mowes it makes!" Beau. & Fl.

Mop

Mop, v. i. To make a wry mouth. [Obs.] Shak.

Mop

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

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.

A made-up face; a grimace.

To make a wry mouth.

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.

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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Usage Examples

In America, we have three major sports - baseball, football and basketball. They get the most coverage. Then there's things like golf which mop up most of what is left. But track and field? We are way at the bottom of the totem pole.

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