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moped

[moh-ped] Origin

mo·ped

[moh-ped]
noun
a motorized bicycle that has pedals in addition to a low-powered gasoline engine designed for low-speed operation.

Origin:
1955–60; < German, ultimately < Swedish (trampcykel med) mo(tor och) ped(aler) pedal cycle with engine and pedals

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Moped is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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mope

[mohp] verb, moped, mop·ing, noun
verb (used without object)
1.
to be sunk in dejection or listless apathy; sulk; brood.
verb (used with object)
2.
to make dejected, listless, or apathetic.
noun
3.
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
4.
mopes, depressed spirits; blues.

Origin:
1560–70; variant of mop2

mop·er, noun
mop·ing·ly, adverb
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moped (ˈməʊpɛd)
 
n
(Brit) a light motorcycle, not over 50cc
 
[C20: from motor + pedal1, originally equipped with auxiliary pedals]

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mope
1560s, the sound of the word perhaps somehow suggestive of low feelings (cf. Low Ger. mopen "to sulk," Du. moppen "to grumble, to grouse," Dan. maabe "to mope"). Related: Moping; mopey.
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moped
1956, from Swed. (c.1952), from (tramp-cykel med) mo(tor och) ped(aller) "pedal cycle with engine and pedals" (the earliest versions had auxiliary pedals).
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mope definition

[mop]
  1. n.
    a tired and ineffectual person. : I can't afford to pay mopes around here. Get to work or get out!
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