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mop

/mɒp/ · noun

Meaning

  1. 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.
  2. A wash with a mop; the act of mopping
  3. A dense head of hair.
  4. A fair where servants are hired.
  5. The young of any animal; also, a young girl; a moppet.
  6. A made-up face; a grimace.
  7. To rub, scrub, clean or wipe with a mop, or as if with a mop.
  8. To make a wry expression with the mouth.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data