mop¹ /mop/

1. A bunch of rags or lengths of yarn, or a piece of sponge on the end of a stick or pole, used for washing, removing dust, soaking up liquid, etc
2. Any similar instrument, such as one for cleansing a wound, polishing, etc
3. A thick or bushy head of hair
4. An act of mopping
5. A hiring fair (prob from the custom of carrying a badge of occupation; dialect)

1. To wipe, dab, soak up, or remove with, or as if with, a mop
2. To clear away or dispose of as residue

moppˈer noun

moppˈy adjective (old slang)

Drunk

mopˈsy noun

1. A dowdy
2. A slattern
3. A term of endearment (obsolete)

mopˈboard noun (US)

Skirting-board

mopˈhead noun

(a person with) a shaggy unkempt head of hair

mop-headˈed adjective

Having a shaggy, unkempt head of hair

mopˈstick noun

1. The handle of a mop
2. A hand-rail nearly circular in section
3. (also mapˈstick) a rod for raising a piano damper

mopˈ-up noun

An action of mopping up

mops and brooms

1. Half-drunk
2. Out of sorts

mop up

1. To clear away or clean up with a mop
2. To clear away, dispose of
3. To absorb (eg surplus credit)
4. To capture or kill (enemy stragglers) after a victory, etc

Mrs Mop or Mopp

A cleaner, charwoman

mop² /mop/

A grimace

To grimace, esp in the phrase mop and mow

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