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Webster 1913 Edition


Mop

Mop

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

Mop

,
Verb.
I.
To make a wry mouth.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Mop

,
Noun.
[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

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Mop

MOP

,
Noun.
[L. mappa.] A piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums or coarse yarn fastened to a handle and used for cleaning floors.
1.
A wry mouth. [Not used.]

MOP

,
Verb.
T.
To rub or wipe with a mop.

MOP

,
Verb.
I.
To make a wry mouth. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


Mop

Mop

See also: mop, MOP, мор, and мөр

German

Noun

Mop m (genitive Mops, plural Mops)

  1. Obsolete spelling of Mopp

Declension

mop

mop

See also: Mop, MOP, мор, and мөр

English

Noun

mop (plural mops)

  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. (humorous) A dense head of hair.
    He ran a comb through his mop and hurried out the door.
  3. (Britain, dialect) A fair where servants are hired.
  4. (Britain, dialect) The young of any animal; also, a young girl; a moppet.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
  5. A made-up face; a grimace.
    • (Can we date this quote?) Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher
      What mops and mowes it makes! --
    • 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 4 scene 1
      Before you can say 'Come' and 'Go,'
      And breathe twice; and cry 'so, so,'
      Each one, tripping on his toe,
      Will be here with mop and mow.

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Descendants

Translations

Verb

mop (third-person singular simple present mops, present participle mopping, simple past and past participle mopped)

  1. (transitive) To rub, scrub, clean or wipe with a mop, or as if with a mop.
    to mop (or scrub) a floor
    to mop one's face with a handkerchief
  2. (intransitive) To make a wry expression with the mouth.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔp

Noun

mop m (plural moppen, diminutive mopje n)

  1. a joke, jest, hoax

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • Belgenmop
  • Nederlandermop

Noun

mop c (plural mops, diminutive mopje n)

  1. a mop (an implement for washing floors, etc.)

Verb

mop

  1. first-person singular present indicative of moppen
  2. imperative of moppen