Mop

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /mÉ’p/
• Rhymes: -É’p
• GenAm IPA: /mÉ‘p/
• Rhymes: -É‘p

Full definition of mop

Noun

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. (British, dialect) A fair where servants are hired.
4. (British, dialect) The young of any animal; also, a young girl; a moppet.
5. A made-up face; a grimace.
• unknown date Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher (playwright)What mops and mowes it makes! --
• 1610, , by William Shakespeare, act 4 scene 1Before 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.

Derived terms

• mophead
• mop squeezer
• mop water

Descendants

• German: Mopp

Verb

1. (transitive) To rub, scrub, clean or wipe with a mop, or as if with a mop.to mop (or scrub) a floorto mop one's face with a handkerchief
2. (intransitive) To make a wry expression with the mouth.

Anagrams

• OPM
• PMO
• pom, POM