Definition: mop

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

mop
     n : cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened
         to a handle; for cleaning floors [syn: swab, swob]
     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]
     2: make a sad face; "mop and mow" [syn: pout, mow]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Mop \Mop\, n. [See Mope.]
   A made-up face; a grimace. ``What mops and mowes it makes!''
   --Beau. & Fl.
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.]
Mop \Mop\, v. i.
   To make a wry mouth. [Obs.] --Shak.
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.

Source: V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms December 2001 

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