Mop Definition

mŏp

mopped, mopping, mops

noun

A bundle of loose rags or strands of yarn, a sponge, etc. fastened to the end of a long stick, as for washing or wiping floors.

Webster's New World

A loosely tangled bunch or mass.

A mop of unruly hair.

American Heritage

Anything suggestive of this, as a thick head of hair.

Webster's New World

Webster's New World

(UK, dialect) A fair where servants are hired.

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verb

mopped, mopping, mops

To wash, rub, wipe, or remove with or as with a mop.

Webster's New World

To use a mop to wash or dry surfaces.

Mopped along the baseboards.

American Heritage

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

To mop (scrub) a floor.

To mop one's face with a handkerchief.

Wiktionary

(intransitive) To make a wry expression with the mouth.

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idiom

mop up

Webster's New World

mop (up) the floor with

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Mop

Singular:

mop

Plural:

Early Modern English map, mop probably shortening of Middle English mappel ultimately (perhaps via Medieval Latin mappula table cloth) from Latin mappa towel, cloth map

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition