Mop Up

Definition: Mop Up

Mop Up

Noun

1. A concluding action.

Verb

1. To wash or wipe with or as if with a mop: "Mop the hallway now"; "He mopped her forehead with a towel".

2. Colloquial usage; defeat thoroughly; "He mopped up the floor with his opponents".

3. Finish a task completely; "I finally got through this homework assignment".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Mop Up

Crosswords: Mop Up

Mop up of a prescribed fire. Credit: D. Smurthwaite.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Economic History

Zambia

Fears of increased inflation may drive monetary authorities to mop up some of the liquidity in the market through the issuing of government securities. (references)

Nigeria

To control the depreciation of the naira, the Central Bank of Nigeria utilizes strong monetary policy to mop up excess liquidity in the financial system. (references)

Nigeria

During 2001 the CBN also issued high interest "certificates of deposit" ranging from 90 to 180 days in a bid to mop up the excess naira liquidity in the economy and shore up the naira exchange rate. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Albanian

përvetësoj (absorb, adopt, annex, appropriate, assimilate, digest, embezzle, embrace, form, imbibe, misappropriate, peculate, pocket, pre empt), fshij (brush, brush away, cancel, clean off, clean up, deface, delete, efface, erase, obliterate, rase, raze, remove, rub, rub out, scratch out, strike off, sweep, wipe, wipe away, wipe off). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مسح (clean, extinguish, mop, mopping, polish, rub, scanning, scrub, sponge, survey, swab, sweep, wipe, wiping), ‏قصا (drive away, knock out, relegate, stump, take away), ‏تخلص من (clear off, disembarrass, disengage, disposal, dispose of, ditch, do dispose of, doff, drown, elimination, escape, exorcise, exorcize, free, get out of, get rid of, jettison, liquidate, outgrow, polish up, put off, rid, scrap, sell up, shake, shake off, slough, turn, turn off, weed, weed out, work off), ‏طهر (circumcise, decontaminate, depurate, disinfect, exorcise, exorcize, pureness, purge, purify, rid, sanitize, scour, show, sterilize, sweeten), ‏صفى (clarify, clear, close out, colander, comb out, defecate, determine, do away with, filter, filtrate, leach, liquidate, lixiviate, polish off, refine, run, sell off, strain, uncloud, wipe out), ‏خلص (clear, cleave, keep faith, manumit, redeem, relieve, rescue, true), ‏إلتهم بشره. (various references)

Bulgarian 

смазвам (bow down, grease, jam, lubricate, oil, overbear, overwhelm, prostrate, pulverize, slush, smash, smear, squelch, steamroller, tread down, tread under, unstring, weigh down, whelm), обирам (burgle, mulct, plunder, ramp, ransack, roll, skin, stick up, strip, strip bare), привършвам (be through with smth.), побеждавам (beat, conquer, defeat, down, fight down, foil, have, lace, lick, master, overcome, overmaster, overpower, overthrow, overturn, pip, polish off, prevail, scupper, thrash, triumph, trounce, vanquish, whip, whop, win, worst, zap), избърсвам (dry, remove, wipe, wipe clean, wipe dry, wipe off). (various references)

Czech

zlikvidovat (demolish, dispose of, smash), vytřít (mop, wipe out), utřít (brush away, clean, dry, rub clean, rub off, rub out, sponge, wipe dry), shrábnout (grab, rake off, scoop, skim off). (various references)

French

siffler, nettoyer (mop), éponger, éliminer. (various references)

German

wischen (brush, clout, delete, mop, mop down, swab, swish, to smear, whisk, wipe, wipe off), säubern (bowdlerize, clean, cleanse, cleanup, clear, clears, delouse, purge, rake, to clean), aufwischen (swab, to swab, to wipe up, wash, wipe, wipe the floor, wipe up). (various references)

Greek 

σφουγγαρίζω (mop, scrub, swab, swob). (various references)

Hebrew 

למחות במ�'בת, לטאטא (sweep, whisk). (various references)

Hungarian

feltöröl (to flannel, to mop, to mop up, to soak up, to wipe up, wipe up), felmos (mop, swab, swob, to mop, to swab, to wash up, wash), felitat (to blot, to impregnate, to mop up, to soak up, to sponge up), felhajt (head back, put up, roll up, round up, seek, send up, to beat up, to cock, to flush, to hem, to kite, to mop up, to quaff, to quaff off, to ride up, to riffle, to round up, to roust out, to rout out, to turn up, tuck up, turn back, turn up). (various references)

Italian

rastrellare (comb, rack, rake, rake up). (various references)

Manx

kerey (cering, comb, combing, curry, curry as horse, groom, hackle; mopping up, hackling; teasel, tease, tease as wool, teasing, teazle, wax), jiole seose (absorb, mop, mopping, swab). (various references)

Pig Latin

opmay upay.(various references)

Portuguese

limpar (bream, brush, clean, cleanse, delete, depurate, fettle, furbish, make clean, purge, purify, rake, rub, rub down, rub out, scavenge, scour, unstop, wash, wipe, wipe off, wipe out, wipe up), exterminar (annihilate, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, wipe out). (various references)

Romanian

termina (accomodate, accomplish, achieve, bring to an end, clear up, close, complete, conclude, do, end, finish, get over, have done, liquidate, pack it in, shoot away, spend, stop, terminate, wind up), spãla (bathe, clean, fade, flush, irrigate, launder, lave, mop, pan, slush, stream, sweep, wash, wash up), isprãvi (close, complete, conclude, do, end, finish), curãţa (brush, brush up, burnish, clean, cleanse, clear, demolish, do, dredge, dress, dust, furbish, Gill, grub, mop, pick, purge, purify, refine, rid, rinse, scavenge, scoop, scour, scrub, skin, trim, wash, wipe). (various references)

Russian 

вытирать (fridge, wipe, wipe away, wipe off, wipe out), очищать (brighten, chasten, clarify, clean, clean out, cleanse, clear, decontaminate, defecate, depurate, deterge, distil, edulcorate, evacuate, purge, purify, rarefy, rectify, refine, scoured, scouring, scours). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

završiti posao (knock off), pročešljati (comb, tooth-comb), očistiti od neprijatelja. (various references)

Spanish

secar (bake, blot, dry, parch, press, pump dry, season, shrivel, wipe, wipe at), limpiar (black, char, clean, clean down, clean out, clean up, cleanse, clear, clear out, debug, delete, do, dredge, dust, efface, Frank, knock off, live down, make clean, manicure, mop, police, polish, purge, rub up, scavenge, scour, scrape, shine, swab, swob, tidy, tidy out, tidy up, turn out, wash, wipe, wipe down, wipe off, wipe out, wipe up). (various references)

Swedish

torka upp (wipe up). (various references)

Thai

เช็�"ทำความสะอา�"�"้วยไม้ถูพื้น, เอาชนะ (best, drub, rise above). (various references)

Turkish

temizlemek (bump off, clarify, clean, clean out, clean up, cleanse, clear, clear up, decontaminate, depurate, do, do out, erase, excise, expurgate, get rid of, give smth. a sweep, gut, houseclean, purge, purify, rid, rub out, scavenge, swab down, sweep, swob down, tidy out, wipe away, wipe off, wipe out, wipe up), silip süpürmek (clean out, dispatch, gobble, gobble up, polish off, punish, put away, sweep), paspaslamak (mop). (various references)

Ukrainian

розправлятися, поглинати (absorb, canker, consume, devour, eat away, engulf, gulf, immerse, lap up, merge, occupy, overwhelm, suck in, swallow). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: pomp, pump.

-2 letters: mop, pom, pop, pup, ump, upo.

-3 letters: mo, mu, om, op, um, up.

+2 letters: pompous, uptempo.

+3 letters: overpump, peponium, populism, puppydom, uptempos.

+4 letters: impromptu, overpumps, peponiums, pompadour, pompously, populisms, puppydoms, uppermost.

+5 letters: impromptus, opprobrium, overpumped, parapodium, pompadours, postpartum, precompute, propylaeum, unprompted.