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MOPPING
swabbing, mopping
(noun) cleaning with a mop; “he gave it a good mopping”
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
mopping
present participle of mop
Noun
mopping (plural moppings)
The process of cleaning with a mop.
An application of molten asphalt to a roof etc.
Anagrams
• pomping
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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NAUSEATING
(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea; “a nauseating smell”; “nauseous offal”; “a sickening stench”
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