Mop

Definition: Mop

Mop

Noun

1. Cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors.

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. Make a sad face; "mop and mow".

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

Date "mop" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Literature

Slang in 1811

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Synonyms: Mop

Cleanness

Napkin, cloth, maukin, malkin, handkerchief, towel, sudary; doyley, doily, duster, sponge, mop, swab.

Clean, cleanse; mundify, rinse, wring, flush, full, wipe, mop, sponge, scour, swab, scrub, brush up.

Brush; broom, besom, mop, rake, shovel, sieve, riddle, screen, filter; blotter.

Crosswords: Mop

Czech (mop, swab), Dutch (blot, cupcake, gag, joke, spot, witticism), German (mop, swab), Portuguese (pataca).

Well, it's not quite a mop, it's not quite a puppet, but man (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

I cant believe it, you with a mop in your hand (Sanford and Son; writing credit: Earl Barret; Ted Bergman)

Why aren't you using the mop I bought you (Scrubs; writing credit: Gabrielle Allan; Janae Bakken)

Perhaps I could paint a fence, or service you sexually, or mop the floor (Futurama; writing credit: Lance Smith; Carl Colpaert)

Who left the mop running (Sleeping Beauty; writing credit: Milt Banta; Winston Hibler)

Love the kind you clean up with a mop and bucket (The Bad Touch; performing artist: Bloodhound Gang)

Dre came to wax you so, just call me Mop N Glow (Keep Their Headz Ringin; performing artist: Dr. Dre)

Cloo ge mop! Huh huh (Clementine; performing artist: Tom Lehrer)

Get the Mop Eddie (1918)

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Books

• Bert and the Missing Mop Mix-Up: Featuring Jim Henson's Sesame Street Muppets (Sesame Street Start-To-Read Book) (reference)

• Me, Mop, and the Moondance Kid (reference)

• Mop and the Birthday Picnic (Mop and Family) (reference)

• Mop Top (reference)

• Santa Claus Doesn't Mop Floors (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Broom Brush & Mop (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Consumer Goods

• DeLonghi DSS50 Steam Mop (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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

Ship's racing boat crew celebrates with cigars after a victory, circa 1913. Note the coiled line and decorated broom and mop handles. Seaman Hubert C. Rickert is seated in center holding the mop, just to the right of the cigar box. Credit: NAVY.

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Dusting with a damp cloth or oiled mop should be done frequently. (references)

Once everything is wet, take up contaminated materials with a damp towel, then mop or sponge the area with disinfectant. (references)

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)

Political Economy

Haiti

Later, Aristide's campaign motto, "Lavalas," became the name for a loose and diverse coalition of parties and groups with generally leftist and nationalist political orientation, which won both the presidential election and a parliamentary majority in the legislative election in 1995. The Lavalas bloc in 1995 included three political parties: Lavalas Political Organization (OPL), Parti Louvri Barye (PLB), and Movement to Organize the Country (MOP). (references)

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Expressions using "mop": damp mop ♦ dry mop ♦ dust mop ♦ mop and mow ♦ mop down ♦ mop handle ♦ mop head ♦ mop of curly hair ♦ mop of hair ♦ mop one's brow ♦ mop the floor with ♦ mop up ♦ sponge mop. Additional references.

Beginning with "mop": mop-board, mop-head, mop-headed, mop-heads, mop-top, mop-up.

Ending with "mop": floor-mop, Whiting-mop.

Albanian

shtupë dyshemesh, postiqe, përqeshje (derision, flout, mock, mockery, scoff, sneering, taunt), leckë (cloth, rag, rags, tatter, wiper). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مكنسة (besom, broom, sweeper), ‏ممسحة (duster, floor cloth, sponge, wiper), ‏مساحة (area, compass, distance, extent, measurement, size, space, wiper), ‏مسح (clean, extinguish, mop up, mopping, polish, rub, scanning, scrub, sponge, survey, swab, sweep, wipe, wiping), ‏نظف (char, clean, clean out, clear, clear away, do, pan, purge, purify, rub, sanitize, scavenge, scour, scrub, swab, wash out), ‏تمشيط (carding, sweep), ‏عملية تمشيط. (various references)

Bulgarian 

рошава коса (fleece, shag), чистя (clean, discard, dress, pick, Slough, stone, unload), гъста коса, гримаса (face, grimace, mouth, mow, mug), мия (bathe, clean, do, lave, lick, scour, wash, wash up), бърша (wipe). (various references)

Chinese 

拖把 , 拖洗 (Mopped, mopping, MOPS). (various references)

Czech

mop (swab), vytřít (mop up, wipe out). (various references)

Danish

uregelmæssigt foldet polerring (bias mop, curled buff), syet skive (needled buff, sewed buff, sewn mop, stitched mop), efterslukningstid (mop-up time). (various references)

Dutch

luchtgekoelde schijf voor polijstautomaat (bias mop, curled buff), gestikte schijf (needled buff, sewed buff, sewn mop, stitched mop). (various references)

Farsi 

پاک کردن (Absolve, Clean, Cleanse, Efface, Erase, Obliterate, Purge, Purify, Rub, Sancify, Scour, Scrape, Sublimate, Ventilate, Wash, Winnow, Wipe), چوبی که کهنه یاپشم برسران می پیچند. (various references)

Finnish

pyyhkiä (cancel, cross out, delete, dry, strike out, wipe, wipe off), köysiluuta (swab). (various references)

French

ratisser, nettoyer (mop up), nettoyage, laveur, lavette, essuyer, balai. (various references)

German

mop (swab). (various references)

Greek 

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

Hebrew 

מטלית (cloth, duster, flannel, patch, rag, swab), לנקות בסחבה, לנגב (absterge, dry, sop up, swab, towel, wipe), סמרטוט רצפה (floor cloth), סמרטוט (dish cloth, rag). (various references)

Hungarian

mosogatórongy (dish cloth, dish mop, to feel like a boiled rag, washcloth), tisztítórongy, törlőrongy (clout), rongykorong, pamacs (bunch), nyüstbojt, kötélkóc-seprű, grimasz (grimace), fintor (droll, grimace, moppet, pout), felmosó ruha, babuskám, babuska (poppet), arcfintor (puckering). (various references)

Indonesian

seringai (grimace, grin). (various references)

Italian

zazzera (long hair, mophead), smorfia (grimace), scopa (besom, broom), pulire (bream, clean, cleanse, make, make clean, pick, purge, scavenge, scrub, sweep, wash, wipe), lavare (flush, wash), detergere, asciugare (blot, dry, dry up, get dry, wipe, wipe oneself, wipe up). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

モザイク卵 (greenish gray, mob, mock-up, modem, modern, modern art, modern ballet, modern craft, modern dance, modern jazz, modern life, modern living, modernism, modernist, modernity, modernize, modernology, modification, modified American plan, modify, modiste, modular, modularization, modulation, module, modulo, mosaic egg, Moscow, mosque, mosquito-weight, moss green, motel, motif, motivation, motivation research, motto, Mozambique, sexy). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

モップ . (various references)

Korean 

청소하십시요. (various references)

Manx

jioleyder (sponger, sucker, swab), jiole seose (absorb, mop up, mopping, swab), jiolane. (various references)

Pig Latin

opmay.(various references)

Portuguese

passar a pano, pano de pó (duster), lavar (bath, buddle, do up, lave, square up, wash), fazer caretas (grimace, mop and mow, mouth), esfregar (fret, rub, rub down, scour, scrape, scrub), esfregão (rubber, swab, swob), careta (antic, frump, grimace, mow, mug, pout, snoot). (various references)

Romanian

spãlãtor (lavatory, washerman, washstand), spãla (bathe, clean, fade, flush, irrigate, launder, lave, mop up, pan, slush, stream, sweep, wash, wash up), smoc de pãr (crest, tuft of hair), ghemotoc (flock, peewee), ghem (ball, clew, manyplies), curãţa (brush, brush up, burnish, clean, cleanse, clear, demolish, do, dredge, dress, dust, furbish, Gill, grub, mop up, pick, purge, purify, refine, rid, rinse, scavenge, scoop, scour, scrub, skin, trim, wash, wipe), şterge (abrade, annex, annihilate, annul, blot out, bunk, cancel, clean, cop, crib, decamp, deface, delete, dim, do a bunk, dry, dull, efface, erase, expunge, filch, guy, make away, make off, obliterate, pack off, pack one's traps, pop off, quit, raze, remove, scratch, shrink away, strike out, sweep, vanish, wipe). (various references)

Russian 

швабра (swab, swob), космы, копна волос (bush of hair), гримаса (face, grimace, mow, mug, pout), очищать швабра. (various references)

Scottish

moibean , moibeal (a mop). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

neuredna kosa, krpa (rag), bujna, brisati (erase, sweep). (various references)

Spanish

fregona (scrubwoman, scullery maid). (various references)

Swedish

torka av (wipe off), svabb (swab). (various references)

Thai

ไม้ถูพื้น, ผมกระเซิง. (various references)

Turkish

yüzünü buruşturmak (grimace, make a grimace, make grimaces), yüz buruşturma (grimace), suratını ekşitmek (grimace, make a grimace, make a wry face, make grimaces), surat ekşitme, paspaslamak (mop up), paspas (doormat, mat), karışık saç (shock, tangled hair, thatch), iplik paspas. (various references)

Ukrainian

швабра (bear, swab, swabber, swob), гримаса (grimace, mow), осушувати (drain), мити (bathe, lave, sponge, wash), патли (tousle). (various references)

Vietnamese 

$mops and mow$ nét mặt nhăn nhó. (various references)

mappa. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "mop": mopboard, mopboards, mope, moped, mopeds, moper, moperies, mopers, mopery, mopes, mopey, mopier, mopiest, moping, mopingly, mopish, mopishly, mopoke, mopokes, mopped, mopper, moppers, moppet, moppets, mopping, mops, mopy. (additional references)

Words ending with "mop": rollmop. (additional references)

Words containing "mop": anemophilous, chemoprophylactic, chemoprophylaxes, chemoprophylaxis, chromophil, chromophobe, chromophore, chromophores, chromophoric, chromoplast, chromoplasts, chromoprotein, chromoproteins, cosmopolis, cosmopolises, cosmopolitan, cosmopolitanism, cosmopolitanisms, cosmopolitans, cosmopolite, cosmopolites, cosmopolitism, cosmopolitisms, cymophane, cymophanes, entomophagous, entomophilies, entomophilous, entomophily, gamopetalous, gramophone, gramophones, hemophilia, hemophiliac, hemophiliacs, hemophilias, hemophilic, hemophilics, hemopoieses, hemopoiesis, hemopoietic, hemoprotein, hemoproteins, hemoptyses, hemoptysis, homophile, homophobe, homophobes, homophobia, homophobias, homophobic. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Mop" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ampo, imop, impo, iop, Mabp, majp, maop, mapm, mapo, mapp, Mapu, Mbopo, mcp, Mcpa, memp, mep, mip, mirp, Mmpi, moap, Moapa, moc, mof, Mog, moh, moi, moj, mok, Mokpo, molp, mooj, moop, Mopc, Mopf, mopi, mopr, mopy, moq, morp, mou, mov, moy, moz, Mppda, mpr, Mpu, mrp, mup, Mupc, Mupp, muq, murp, mvo, mvopl, myop, myp, nopa, noph, npo, omv, pmop, pmpo, vop, ymo, zmo. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: pom.

-1 letter: mo, om, op.

+1 letter: comp, mope, mops, mopy, poem, pome, pomp, poms, prom, romp.

+2 letters: campo, chomp, clomp, compo, comps, compt, moped, moper, mopes, mopey, morph, myope, myopy, oomph, opium, poems, pomes, pommy, pomps, primo, proem, promo, proms, romps, stomp, tempo, tromp, whomp.

+3 letters: aplomb, campos, chomps, clomps, coempt, comped, compel, comply, compos, compts, copalm, employ, eponym, impone, import, impose, impost, improv, lipoma, maypop, metope, mobcap, mockup, mopeds, mopers, mopery, mopier, moping, mopish, mopoke, mopped, mopper, moppet, morpho, morphs, myopes, myopia, myopic, nympho, oompah, oomphs, opiums, optima, optime, paramo, phenom, phloem, podium, pogrom, pomace, pomade, pomelo, pommee, pommel, pommie, pompom, pompon, porism, possum, potman, potmen, primos, proems, promos, prompt, pumelo, romped, romper, stomps, tampon, tempos, trompe, tromps, upmost, whomps.