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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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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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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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