Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mop"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mop \Mop\, n. [See {Mope}.]
A made-up face; a grimace. ``What mops and mowes it makes!''
--Beau. & Fl.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mop \Mop\, v. i.
To make a wry mouth. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}]
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