mop

mop  (mp)

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:

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.

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[Middle English mappe, perhaps from Old French dialectal, napkin, from Latin mappa, towel, cloth; see map.]

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mopper n.

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mop

Noun

1. a tool with a head made of twists of cotton or sponge and a long handle used for washing or polishing floors

2. a similar tool, except smaller and without a long handle, used to wash dishes

3. a thick untidy mass of hair

Verb

[mopping, mopped]

to clean or soak up with or as if with a mop: she mopped her brow with a handkerchief

See also mop up [Latin mappa napkin]

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Mop a bundle of coarse yarn fastened to the end of a stick, 1496; something likened to a mop.

Examples: mop of leaves, 1887; of powdered hair, 1847.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mop - cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors swob, swab cleaning device, cleaning equipment, cleaning implement - any of a large class of implements used for cleaning dry mop, dust mop, dustmop - a dry swab for dusting floors mop handle - the handle of a mop sponge mop - a wet mop with a sponge as the absorbent
Verb	1.	mop - to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop; "Mop the hallway now"; "He mopped her forehead with a towel" mop up, wipe up swab, swob - wash with a swab or a mop; "swab the ship's decks" sponge - soak up with a sponge imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, absorb, suck, take up, take in, draw - take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words"
	2.	mop - make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip; "mop and mow"; "The girl pouted" mow, pout grimace, make a face, pull a face - contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state; "He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do"

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mop

noun 1. squeegee, sponge, swab

noun 2. mane, shock, mass, tangle, mat, thatch

verb 3. clean, wash, wipe, sponge, swab, squeegee

mop something up

1. clean up, wash, sponge, mop, soak up, swab, wipe up, sop up

2. Military finish off, clear, account for, eliminate, round up, clean out, neutralize, pacify

Translations

mop [mɔp] n → fregona; [of hair] → greñas fpl

vt → fregar

mop up vt → limpiar

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mop [mɔp] n → balai m à laver;

(for dishes) → lavette f à vaisselle

vt → éponger, essuyer;

mop of hair → tignasse f

mop up vt → éponger

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mop [mɔp] n (for floor) → Mop m;

(for dishes) → Spülbürste f;

(of hair) → Mähne f

vt (floor) → wischen;

(face) → abwischen;

(eyes) → sich dat wischen;

to mop the sweat from one's brow → sich dat den Schweiß von der Stirn wischen

mop up mop vt → aufwischen

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mop [mɔp] n → lavapavimenti m inv (also: mop of hair) → zazzera

vt → lavare con lo straccio;

to mop one's brow → asciugarsi la fronte

mop up vt → asciugare con uno straccio