Mop - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |mɑːp|  American pronunciation of the word mop
Brit.  |mɒp|  British pronunciation of the word mop

noun

- cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors (syn: swab, swob)

verb

- to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop (syn: mop up, wipe up)
He mopped her forehead with a towel
- make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip (syn: mow, pout)
mop and mow

Extra examples

He mopped the sweat from his brow.

It takes two women half the morning to mop down the hospital floors.

He mopped his brow with a handkerchief.

You'd better mop up that pool of water on the floor before mother sees it.

He ran a hand through his mop of fair hair.

She carried on mopping the floor.

It was so hot he had to keep stopping to mop his face.

The doctor mopped his brow (=removed sweat from his forehead) with a handkerchief.

She gently mopped the blood from the wound.

He mopped the sweat from his face.

She mopped the tears away with a lacy handkerchief.

He mopped her forehead with a towel

Phrasal verbs

mop up  — a concluding action

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: mop
he/she/it: mops
present participle: mopping
past tense: mopped
past participle: mopped
noun
singular: mop
plural: mops
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