MOPPED

MOP

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


Verb

mopped

simple past tense and past participle of mop

Anagrams

• pomped

Source: Wiktionary


MOP

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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22 February 2025

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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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