mop : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: mop	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for mop
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mop n cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors Synonym(s): swab, swob, mop v to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop; "Mop the hallway now"; "He mopped her forehead with a towel" Synonym(s): wipe up, mop up, mop make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip; "mop and mow"; "The girl pouted" Synonym(s): pout, mop, mow
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mop \Mop\, n. [See {Mope}.] A made-up face; a grimace. [bd]What mops and mowes it makes![b8] --Beau. & Fl.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mop \Mop\, n. [CF. W. mop, mopa, Ir. moipal, Gael. moibeal, moibean; or OF. mappe a napkin (see {Map}, {Napkin}).] 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 head}. (a) The end of a mop, to which the thrums or rags are fastened. (b) A clamp for holding the thrums or rags of a mop. [U.S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mop \Mop\, v. i. To make a wry mouth. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mop \Mop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mopped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mopping}.] 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.