mopping
noun
- clean a surface of liquid, with a mop or mopping implement
Wiktionary
noun
- The process of cleaning with a mop.
“Even as it buckled over the years and the nail heads at the edges popped up and rusted from repeated moppings, that floor symbolized her unyielding independence.”
- An application of molten asphalt to a roof etc.
verb
- present participle and gerund of mop