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mop

1  [mop] noun, verb, mopped, mop⋅ping.
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–noun
1. a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
2. a thick mass of hair.
3. a polishing wheel having several layers of cloth secured by a boss.
–verb (used with object)
4. to rub, wipe, clean, or remove with a mop (often fol. by up): to mop up a spill.
5. to wipe as if with a mop: to mop the face with a handkerchief.
–verb (used without object)
6. to clean or wipe with or as if with a mop (often fol. by up): First he swept, then he mopped up.
—Verb phrase
7. mop up,
a. Military. to clear (ground, trenches, towns, etc.) of scattered or remaining enemy combatants after attacking forces have conquered the area.
b. Informal. to dispose of; complete; finish: He mopped up the rest of his business and went on a vacation.
—Idiom
8. mop the floor with. floor (def. 20).
Origin:
1375–1425; earlier map, late ME mappe, apocopated var. of mappel < ML mappula a cloth, equiv. to L mapp(a) napkin + -ula -ule
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mop

2  [mop] verb, mopped, mop⋅ping, noun
–verb (used without object)
1. to make a disappointed or unhappy face; grimace: an unruly child that mops and mows.
–noun
2. a wry face; grimace.
Origin:
1560–70; akin to D moppen to pout
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mop   (mŏp)   
n.  

  1. A household implement made of absorbent material attached to a typically long handle and used for washing, dusting, or drying floors.

  2. A loosely tangled bunch or mass: a mop of unruly hair.

v.   mopped, mop·ping, mops

v.   tr.
To wash or wipe with or as if with a mop: mopped the hallway; mopping the spilled water; mopped her forehead with a towel.
v.   intr.
To use a mop to wash or dry surfaces: mopped along the baseboards.
Phrasal Verb(s):
mop up

  1. To clear (an area) of remaining enemy troops after a victory.

  2. Informal To perform the minor tasks that conclude a project or an activity.


[Middle English mappe, perhaps from Old French dialectal, napkin, from Latin mappa, towel, cloth; see map.]
mop'per n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
mop [mɑp]

  1. n.
    a drinking bout. : She is off somewhere on another mop.
  2. n.
    a heavy drinker; a drunkard. : The guy's a mop. There is nothing you can do till he decides he's had enough.
  3. n.
    hair; a hairdo. : How do you like my new mop?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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mopped

and moppy
  1. mod.
    alcohol intoxicated. : Jack was a little moppy to be driving.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

mop  (n.)
1496, mappe "bundle of yarn, etc., fastened to the end of a stick for cleaning or spreading pitch on a ship's decks," from Walloon (Fr.) mappe "napkin," from L. mappa "napkin" (see map). The verb is first recorded 1709.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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