Definitions of mop [ɒp]

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Definition of 'mop'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) mop
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.  mop
a thick mass of hair.

3. (v.t.) mop
to wipe, clean, or remove with a mop (often fol. by up).

4.  mop
to wipe as if with a mop.

5. (v.i.) mop
to clean or wipe with or as if with a mop (often fol. by up).

6.  mop
mop up,

7.  mop
to clear (an area, town, etc.) of remaining enemy combatants following a victory.

8.  mop
to complete, as by finishing the remaining details of a task.

Etymology: (1850–55, Amer.)

Definition of 'mop'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) swab, swob, mop
cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors

2. (verb) wipe up, mop up, mop
to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop
"Mop the hallway now"; "He mopped her forehead with a towel"

3. (verb) pout, mop, mow
make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip
"mop and mow"; "The girl pouted"

Definition of 'mop'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) mop
a long stick with strings on the end used for cleaning floors

2. (verb) mop
to clean a floor with a mop
She was mopping the kitchen.

Definition of 'mop'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) mop
a made-up face; a grimace

2. (noun) mop
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

3. (noun) mop
a fair where servants are hired

4. (noun) mop
the young of any animal; also, a young girl; a moppet

5. (verb) mop
to make a wry mouth

6. (verb) mop
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

Translation of 'mop'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a pad of sponge, or a bunch of pieces of coarse string or yarn etc, fixed on a handle, for washing floors, dishes etc.
Afrikaans: mop, dweil	Arabic: مِمْسَحَه	Bulgarian: бърсалка
Brazilian: esfregão	Czech: mop	German: der Mop
Danish: moppe; svaber	Greek: πατσαβούρα, σφουγγαρίστρα	Spanish: fregona
Estonian: narmashari	Farsi: زمین شوی	Finnish: moppi
French: vadrouille	Hebrew: מָגַב	Hindi: झाड़न, पुचारा
Croatian: krpa ili spužva za brisan	Hungarian: nyeles súrolórongy	Indonesian: kain pel
Icelandic: þvegill	Italian: spazzolone, mocio; (scope	Japanese: モップ
Korean: 몹(긴 자루가 달린 걸레)	Lithuanian: šluostas, plaušinė šluota	Latvian: suka, vīkšķis
Malay: mop	Dutch: zwabber	Norwegian: mopp
Polish: zmywak	Persian: ، نوع جاروب	Pashto: يو ډول جارو
Portuguese: esfregão	Romanian: mop, spălător, pămătuf	Russian: швабра
Slovak: handra	Slovenian: brisalo z držajem	Serbian: metla
Swedish: mopp, svabb	Thai: ไม้ถูพื้น	Turkish: paspas
Taiwanese: 拖把	Ukrainian: швабра	Urdu: فرش، برتن وغیرہ کی صفائی
Vietnamese: giẻ lau sàn	Chinese: 拖把
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