mop

noun · verbA1

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noun

Plural noun:

mops

1.
(countable, uncountable)An implement for washing floors or similar, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle.
2.
(countable, uncountable)A wash with a mop; the act of mopping.
He gave the floor a quick mop to soak up the spilt juice.
3.
(countable, humorous, uncountable)A dense head of hair.
He ran a comb through his mop and hurried out the door.
4.
(British, West Midlands, countable, dialectal, uncountable)(British, dialect, West Midlands) An annual fair where servants were historically hired.
5.
(British, countable, obsolete, uncountable)A tassel worn in a buttonhole to indicate ones occupation in such a fair.
6.
(Multicultural London English, countable, slang, uncountable)(African-American Vernacular, MLE, slang) A firearm particularly if it has a large magazine (compare broom, but still can be related to MP)
Đồng nghĩa: firearm, gat, gun, iron, piece
7.
(slang, uncountable)Fellatio.
8.
(countable, uncountable)(graffiti) A squeezable high-flow paint marker with an extra-wide felt or foam tip.
9.
(countable, uncountable)(fishing) A row of ropes dragged along the seabed for catching starfish.
10.
(countable, slang, uncountable)A drunkard.
11.
(British, dialectal, obsolete)(British, dialect, obsolete) The young of any animal.
12.
(British, dialectal, obsolete)(British, dialect, obsolete) A young girl; a moppet.

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verb

V_es/s

mops

V_ing/Gerund

mopping

V_ed/pp

mopped

1.
(transitive)To rub, scrub, clean or wipe with a mop, or as if with a mop.
to mop (or scrub) a floor
to mop one's face with a handkerchief
2.
(US, slang)To shoplift.
3.
(intransitive)To make a wry expression with the mouth.

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Đồng nghĩa

firearmgat gun iron piece

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English mappe (also as mappel), perhaps borrowed from mappe (napkin), from Latin mappa (napkin, cloth). Believed to be from a source, variously claimed as - or - (the latter by Quintilian). Compare Modern (shortened from מַנְפָּה (fluttering banner, streaming cloth)). map nape nappe.