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Entry 6 senses · 4 variants Webster, 1913

Mop

/mäp/ · IPA /mɑp/
01 n. A made-up face; a grimace.
  1. 1.
    A made-up face; a grimace.
02 v. i. To make a wry mouth.
  1. 1.
    To make a wry mouth.[Obs.]
03 n. 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.
  1. 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. 2.
    A fair where servants are hired.[Prov. Eng.]
  3. 3.
    The young of any animal; also, a young girl; a moppet.[Prov. Eng.]
Phrases & compounds
Mop head — The end of a mop, to which the thrums or rags are fastened
04 v. t. 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.
imp. & p. p. Mopped; p. pr. & vb. n. Mopping
  1. 1.
    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.