[syn: pout, mop, mow]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mop \Mop\, n. [See Mope.]
A made-up face; a grimace. "What mops and mowes it makes!"
--Beau. & Fl.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mop \Mop\, v. i.
To make a wry mouth. [Obs.] --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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2. A fair where servants are hired. [Prov. Eng.]
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3. The young of any animal; also, a young girl; a moppet.
[Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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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.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
mop
n 1: cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material
fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors [syn: swab,
swob, mop]
v 1: to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop; "Mop the hallway
now"; "He mopped her forehead with a towel" [syn: wipe
up, mop up, mop]
2: make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip; "mop and
mow"; "The girl pouted" [syn: pout, mop, mow]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
52 Moby Thesaurus words for "mop":
baptize, bath, bathe, crop, douche, fleece, flush, flush out,
gargle, grimace, head, head of hair, holystone, irrigate, lather,
launder, lave, locks, make a face, make a mouth, mane, mat,
mop and mow, mop up, mouth, mow, mug, pout, pull a face, rinse,
rinse out, ritually immerse, scour, scrub, scrub up, shag, shampoo,
shock, shower, sluice, sluice out, soap, sponge, swab, syringe,
thatch, toivel, tresses, tub, wash, wash out, wash up
V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):
MOP
Maintenance Operations Protocol (DEC)
V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):
MOP
Meta Object Protocol (CLOS)
V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):
MOP
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