mop

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See also: Mop, MOP, мор, and мөр

English

Etymology

From Middle English mappe (also as mappel), perhaps borrowed from Walloon mappe (“napkin”), from Latin mappa (“napkin, cloth”). Believed to be from a Semitic source, variously claimed as Phoenician or Punic (the latter by Quintilian). Compare Modern Hebrew מפה (mapá, “a map; a cloth”) (shortened from מנָפָה (manpah, “fluttering banner, streaming cloth”)). More at map.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɒp
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

mop (plural mops)

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  1. 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. A wash with a mop; the act of mopping.
    He gave the floor a quick mop to soak up the spilt juice.
  3. (humorous) A dense head of hair.
    He ran a comb through his mop and hurried out the door.
  4. (British, dialect, obsolete) A fair where servants are hired.
  5. (British, dialect, obsolete) The young of any animal.
  6. (British, dialect, obsolete) A young girl; a moppet.
  7. A made-up face; a grimace.
  8. (African-American Vernacular, MLE, slang) A firearm particularly if it has a large magazine (compare broom, but still can be related to MP)
    • 2021 April 7, M24 (lyrics and music), “Plugged In”, Fumez the Engineer (music)‎[1], 2:16–2:19:
      Mainstream in this ting but I'm fully on opps
      Got shot with a mop but that boy never dropped
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:firearm

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Canadian French: moppe
  • → German: Mopp
  • → Spanish: mopa

Translations

Verb

mop (third-person singular simple present mops, present participle mopping, simple past and past participle 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. (intransitive) To make a wry expression with the mouth.
  3. (US, slang) To shoplift.
    • 2013, Martha Gever, ‎Pratibha Parmar, ‎John Greyson, Queer Looks (page 111)
      By “mopping” (stealing) the clothes and accessories necessary to effect their look, or by buying breasts, reconstructed noses, lifted chins, and female genitals, the children turn traditional ideas of labor around: […]

Translations

References

  • (fair where servants are hired): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

Anagrams

Cameroon Pidgin

Pronunciation

Noun

mop

  1. mouth

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

The now-obsolete sense brick, attested from the 17th century, appears to be the oldest, with the sense cookie following in the 18th century. The exact relationship between the various later senses is unclear. The ultimate origin is unclear, but possibly corrupted from mok (“mug, cup”).[1]

Noun

mop m (plural moppen, diminutive mopje n)

  1. a joke, jest
  2. a tune, melody
  3. a type of cookie
  4. (endearing, often in the diminutive) a woman or girl
  5. (obsolete) a brick
Usage notes
  • The use as an affectionate term of address is often as a diminutive, and specifically in the non-standard form moppie. The standard diminutive mopje is never used for this sense.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants

References

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “mop2”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English mop.

Noun

mop m (plural mops, diminutive mopje n)

  1. a mop (an implement for washing floors, etc.)
    Synonym: zwabber, dekzwabber
Descendants
  • → Papiamentu: mòp

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mop

  1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of moppen
  2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of moppen

French

Pronunciation

Noun

mop f (plural mops)

  1. Alternative form of moppe

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from English mop.

Pronunciation

Noun

mop m inan

  1. mop (implement for washing floors)
    Hypernym: szczotka

Declension

Declension of mop
singular plural
nominative mop mopy
genitive mopa mopów
dative mopowi mopom
accusative mop/mopa mopy
instrumental mopem mopami
locative mopie mopach
vocative mopie mopy

Derived terms

verb

Further reading

  • mop in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • mop in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From English mop.

Noun

mop n (plural mopuri)

  1. mop (an implement for washing floors)

Declension

Declension of mop
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) mop mopul (niște) mopuri mopurile
genitive/dative (unui) mop mopului (unor) mopuri mopurilor
vocative mopule mopurilor
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