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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors;
[syn: swab, swob, mop]


VERB (2)

1. to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop;
- Example: "Mop the hallway now"
- Example: "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;
- Example: "mop and mow"
- Example: "The girl pouted"
[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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mop \Mop\, v. i. To make a wry mouth. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster] 2. A fair where servants are hired. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] 3. The young of any animal; also, a young girl; a moppet. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
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]