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mop¹
- /mɒp/ UK
- /mɑp/ US
Rhymes with -ɒp
Where it comes from
From Middle English mappe (also as mappel), perhaps borrowed from Walloon mappe (“napkin”), from Latin mappa (“napkin, cloth”). Believed to be from a Semitic source, variously claimed as Phoenician or Punic (the latter by Quintilian). Compare Modern Hebrew מַפָּה (mapá, “a map; a cloth”) (shortened from מַנְפָּה (manpah, “fluttering banner, streaming cloth”)). Doublet of map, nape, and nappe.
noun mops
- An implement for washing floors or similar, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle.
- A wash with a mop; the act of mopping. He gave the floor a quick mop to soak up the spilt juice.
- A dense head of hair. He ran a comb through his mop and hurried out the door.
- An annual fair where servants were historically hired. I means to goo to th' mop, 'er sez, fur I waants a chahinge.[…]'T wuz to w:Muckley mop 'er went.
- A tassel worn in a buttonhole to indicate ones occupation in such a fair. Mop Fairs: Today's annual events are the modern version of the old hiring fairs, where people attended seeking employment or to change it. They are named after the practice of hopefully skilled employees carrying tassels, known as mops, in their buttonholes indicating their occupation. Those who had
- A firearm particularly if it has a large magazine (compare broom, but still can be related to MP) Mainstream in this ting but I'm fully on opps Got shot with a mop but that boy never dropped
- Fellatio. Had his thot give me mop in the back of my Bimmer
- A squeezable high-flow paint marker with an extra-wide felt or foam tip.
- A row of ropes dragged along the seabed for catching starfish.
- A drunkard. Left his pa's farm and is now working at the city water works. Some say he's got to drink 'cause he works with blue vitriol and that kind of stuff. He was a drunken mop always.
verb mops · mopping · mopped
- To rub, scrub, clean or wipe with a mop, or as if with a mop. to mop (or scrub) a floor
- To shoplift. By “mopping” (stealing) the clothes and accessories necessary to effect their look, or by buying breasts, reconstructed noses, lifted chins, and female genitals, the children turn traditional ideas of labor around: […]
mop²
- /mɒp/ UK
- /mɑp/ US
Rhymes with -ɒp
Where it comes from
From Middle English moppe (“fool, simpleton; derisive gesture; child, baby, doll”), of obscure origin, but compare Proto-West Germanic *mauwu (“pout, protruding lip”).
Compare Low German mop, mops (“simpleton; pugnosed dog”), Dutch mop, mops (“pugnosed dog”), and the verb mope.
noun mops
- The young of any animal.
- A young girl; a moppet.
- A made-up face; a grimace. What mops and mowes it makes! --
verb mops · mopping · mopped
- To make a wry expression with the mouth. Flibbertigibbet, [is scared of] moping and mowing, who since possesses chambermaids and waiting-women
MOP³
noun MOPs · MOP · MoP
- GBU-57; Acronym of Massive Ordnance Penetrator. The MOP — a 30,000-pound bomb with 6,000 pounds of explosives — was designed for “reaching and destroying our adversaries’ weapons of mass destruction located in well-protected facilities,” according to a fact sheet from the US Air Force.
- Initialism of means of production
- Initialism of mode of production
- Initialism of method of payment Item: TWICELAND Fantasy Park Photobook (Sealed) / Price: 800 pesos only / DOP: PAYO / MOD: SCO or GGX / MOP: BPI or Gcash
- Initialism of muriate of potash
- Acronym of member of the public
MoP⁴
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: mop up, wipe up, swab, mow, swob, pout, broom, broomstick, wash, pail, bucket, meeting, les, rps, pcr, pdb
Translations
Every language
noun a grimace
| Français | grimace |
|---|
noun implement for washing floors
| Español | chascona, coleto, fregona, lampazo, mapo, mechudo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 대걸레 daegeolle, 자루걸레 jarugeolle, 마포 mapo, 마포걸레 mapogeolle |
| 日本語 | モップ moppu |
| 中文 | 拖把 tuōbǎ |
| हिन्दी | पोछा pochā |
| Português | esfregão |
| Français | serpillière, vadrouille, moppe, torchon |
| Deutsch | Mopp, Wischmopp, Schrubber, Aufnehmer |
| Italiano | lavapavimenti, spazzolone, scopino, mocio, redazza, scopa a filacce |
| Ελληνικά | σφουγγαρίστρα sfoungarístra |
| Русский | шва́бра švábra |
| Tiếng Việt | cán lau nhà |
| العربية | مِمْسَحَة mimsaḥa |
| עברית | סְחָבָה skhavá |
verb to rub, scrub, clean or wipe with a mop, or as if with a mop
| Español | fregar, trapear, bayetear, mopear |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | पोछा लगाना pochā lagānā |
| Kiswahili | deki |
| Français | serpiller |
| Deutsch | moppen, nass wischen |
| Italiano | lavare, ripulire, dare lo spazzolone, ripassare con lo spazzolone |
| Ελληνικά | σφουγγαρίζω sfoungarízo |
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