mop
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Walloon mappe (“napkin”), from Latin mappa (“napkin, cloth”). Believed to be from a (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 291: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "sem" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. source, variously claimed as (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Phoenician or (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Punic (the latter by Quintilian). Compare Modern Hebrew מפה (mapá, “a map; a cloth”) (shortened from menaphah a fluttering banner, streaming cloth). More at map.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 291: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /mɒp/
- Rhymes: -ɒp
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 291: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GenAm" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /mɑp/
- Rhymes: -ɑp
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
mop (plural mops)
- 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.
- (humorous) A dense head of hair.
- He ran a comb through his mop and hurried out the door.
- (British, dialect) A fair where servants are hired.
- (British, dialect) The young of any animal; also, a young girl; a moppet.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
- A made-up face; a grimace.
- (Can we date this quote by Beaumont & Fletcher and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- What mops and mowes it makes! --
- 1610, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, act 4 scene 1
- 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.
- (Can we date this quote by Beaumont & Fletcher and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
Derived terms
Descendants
- German: Mopp
Translations
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Verb
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- (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
- I mop up the skeavy puddles of buai pekpek left by inconsiderate D bags who chew betelnut but don't look for a rubbish bin to spit the pekpek in.
- (intransitive) To make a wry expression with the mouth.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
Translations
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Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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Noun
mop m (plural moppen, diminutive mopje n)
Synonyms
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
mop m (plural mops, diminutive mopje n)
- a mop (an implement for washing floors, etc.)
- Synonym: zwabber, dekzwabber
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
mop
- English terms borrowed from Walloon
- English terms derived from Walloon
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Phoenician
- English terms derived from Punic
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɒp
- Rhymes:English/ɑp
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English humorous terms
- British English
- English dialectal terms
- Requests for quotations/Halliwell
- Requests for date/Beaumont & Fletcher
- English transitive verbs
- English intransitive verbs
- Requests for quotations/Shakespeare
- en:Cleaning
- en:Hygiene
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɔp
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -en
- Dutch masculine nouns
- Dutch terms with obsolete senses
- Dutch terms borrowed from English
- Dutch terms derived from English
- Dutch nouns with plural in -s
- Dutch non-lemma forms
- Dutch verb forms
- nl:Hygiene