MOP
swab, swob, mop
(noun) cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors
pout, mop, mow
(verb) make a sad face and thrust out one’s lower lip; “mop and mow”; “The girl pouted”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
MOP (plural MOPs)
(US, military) GBU-57; Acronym of Massive Ordnance Penetrator.
Coordinate terms
• (GBU-43): daisycutter / daisy-cutter / daisy cutter (BLU-82)
Anagrams
• MPO, OPM, PMO, POM, Pom, pom
Etymology
Noun
mop (plural mops)
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.
(humorous) A dense head of hair.
(British, dialect) A fair where servants are hired.
(British, dialect) The young of any animal; also, a young girl; a moppet.
A made-up face; a grimace.
Verb
mop (third-person singular simple present mops, present participle mopping, simple past and past participle mopped)
(transitive) To rub, scrub, clean or wipe with a mop, or as if with a mop.
(intransitive) To make a wry expression with the mouth.
Anagrams
• MPO, OPM, PMO, POM, Pom, pom
Source: Wiktionary
Mop, n. Etym: [See Mope.]
Definition: A made-up face; a grimace. "What mops and mowes it makes!" Beau. & Fl.
Mop, v. i.
Definition: To make a wry mouth. [Obs.] Shak.
Mop, n. Etym: [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, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mopped; p. pr. & vb. n. Mopping.]
Definition: 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: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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