mopping-upn.

Brit.

/ˌmɒpɪŋˈʌp/, U.S.

/ˌmɑpɪŋˈəp/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mopping n.², up adv.¹

Etymology: < mopping n.² + up adv.¹, after mop v.³ Compare slightly later mopper-up n.

The action or an act of mopping up (in various senses); (Military) the action of completing the occupation of an area by capturing or killing any remaining enemy forces. Frequently attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > victory > [noun] > complete ridding of resistance

mop-up1900

mopping-up1909

cleaning-up1916

clean-up1930

the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > [noun] > appropriation

appropriation1393

propriation1602

appropriating1611

impatronization1611

impropriation1614

propriatinga1631

pocketing1638

picking1642

self-assumptiona1658

assumption1754

conscription1814

mopping-up1909

society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > profit > [noun] > exceptionally large profit or gain

clean-up1878

killing1888

mopping-up1909

1909 Westm. Gaz. 3 Sept. 9/4 Persistent ‘mopping up’ of London stocks [of silver] naturally restricts supplies for Continental and other requirements.

1918 E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms Mopping Up Wave, the slang expression for the line of troops in assault which bombs out the positions crossed by the preceding lines.

1937 Sun (Baltimore) 12 July 5/1 Six flood-weary West Virginia communities began mopping-up operations..today after two surging creeks flooded homes and business houses.

1940 Economist 2 Nov. 552/1 In the last war, the Excess Profits Duty proved itself an excellent ‘mopping-up’ tax, against an inflationary background.

a1944 K. Douglas Alamein to Zem Zem (1946) xii. 69 Very few people..expected more than a few more weeks of mopping up before the African campaign ended.

1959 Listener 19 Mar. 521/1 Shakespeare is naturally drawn upon very little, since he had already been the subject of ‘mopping up’ in every volume of this kind.

1962 W. Nowottny Lang. Poets Use i. 24 A mopping-up of successive problems in one area after another until the whole domain of poetic language is occupied and systematized.

1973 I. Butler Eldest Brother xix. 339 Mopping-up operations in Gujerat.

1992 Independent 27 Apr. 14/3 Some even spill things on floors deliberately, just so they can enjoy the untold pleasures of mopping up.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mopping-up
释义	mopping-upn. Brit. /ˌmɒpɪŋˈʌp/, U.S. /ˌmɑpɪŋˈəp/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mopping n.², up adv.¹ Etymology: < mopping n.² + up adv.¹, after mop v.³ Compare slightly later mopper-up n. The action or an act of mopping up (in various senses); (Military) the action of completing the occupation of an area by capturing or killing any remaining enemy forces. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > victory > [noun] > complete ridding of resistance mop-up1900 mopping-up1909 cleaning-up1916 clean-up1930 the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > [noun] > appropriation appropriation1393 propriation1602 appropriating1611 impatronization1611 impropriation1614 propriatinga1631 pocketing1638 picking1642 self-assumptiona1658 assumption1754 conscription1814 mopping-up1909 society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > profit > [noun] > exceptionally large profit or gain clean-up1878 killing1888 mopping-up1909 1909 Westm. Gaz. 3 Sept. 9/4 Persistent ‘mopping up’ of London stocks [of silver] naturally restricts supplies for Continental and other requirements. 1918 E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms Mopping Up Wave, the slang expression for the line of troops in assault which bombs out the positions crossed by the preceding lines. 1937 Sun (Baltimore) 12 July 5/1 Six flood-weary West Virginia communities began mopping-up operations..today after two surging creeks flooded homes and business houses. 1940 Economist 2 Nov. 552/1 In the last war, the Excess Profits Duty proved itself an excellent ‘mopping-up’ tax, against an inflationary background. a1944 K. Douglas Alamein to Zem Zem (1946) xii. 69 Very few people..expected more than a few more weeks of mopping up before the African campaign ended. 1959 Listener 19 Mar. 521/1 Shakespeare is naturally drawn upon very little, since he had already been the subject of ‘mopping up’ in every volume of this kind. 1962 W. Nowottny Lang. Poets Use i. 24 A mopping-up of successive problems in one area after another until the whole domain of poetic language is occupied and systematized. 1973 I. Butler Eldest Brother xix. 339 Mopping-up operations in Gujerat. 1992 Independent 27 Apr. 14/3 Some even spill things on floors deliberately, just so they can enjoy the untold pleasures of mopping up. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1909
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