mop
noun
- mass or bundle of coarse strings or yarn attached to a stick
verb
- clean with cloth and water
- clean a surface of liquid, with a mop or mopping implement
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /mɒp/ / /mɑp/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English moppe (“fool, simpleton; derisive gesture; child, baby, doll”), of obscure origin, but compare Proto-West Germanic *mauwu (“pout, protruding lip”). Compare Low German mop, mops (“simpleton; pugnosed dog”), Dutch mop, mops (“pugnosed dog”), and the verb mope.
- The young of any animal.
- A young girl; a moppet.
- A made-up face; a grimace.
“What mops and mowes it makes! --”
“Before you can say 'Come' and 'Go,' And breathe twice; and cry 'so, so,' Each one, tripping on his toe, Will be here with mop and mow.”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English moppe (“fool, simpleton; derisive gesture; child, baby, doll”), of obscure origin, but compare Proto-West Germanic *mauwu (“pout, protruding lip”). Compare Low German mop, mops (“simpleton; pugnosed dog”), Dutch mop, mops (“pugnosed dog”), and the verb mope.
- To make a wry expression with the mouth.
“Flibbertigibbet,[is scared of]moping and mowing, who since possesses chambermaids and waiting-women”
“There were women and children as well as men in the place, and all, ragged and half naked, mopped and mowed at the passers, or, leaping to their feet, defied them with unspeakable words and gestures.”