mop Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors
    swob; swab.
  2. verb to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop
    wipe up; mop up.
    • Mop the hallway now
    • He mopped her forehead with a towel
  3. verb make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip
    pout; mow.
    • mop and mow
    • The girl pouted

WordNet

Mop noun
Etymology
See Mope.
Definitions
  1. A made-up face; a grimace. "What mops and mowes it makes!" Beau. & Fl.
Mop intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To make a wry mouth. Obs. Shak.
Mop noun
Etymology
CF. W. mop, mopa, Ir. moipal, Gael. moibeal, moibean; or OF. mappe a napkin (see Map, Napkin).
Definitions
  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. A fair where servants are hired. Prov. Eng.
  3. The young of any animal; also, a young girl; a moppet. Prov. Eng. Halliwell.
Mop transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Mopped ; present participle & verbal noun Mopping
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913