mop

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
mop
    n 1: cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material
         fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors [syn: {swab},
         {swob}, {mop}]
    v 1: to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop; "Mop the hallway
         now"; "He mopped her forehead with a towel" [syn: {wipe
         up}, {mop up}, {mop}]
    2: make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip; "mop and
       mow"; "The girl pouted" [syn: {pout}, {mop}, {mow}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Mop \Mop\, n. [See {Mope}.]
   A made-up face; a grimace. "What mops and mowes it makes!"
   --Beau. & Fl.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Mop \Mop\, v. i.
   To make a wry mouth. [Obs.] --Shak.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Mop \Mop\, n. [CF. W. mop, mopa, Ir. moipal, Gael. moibeal,
   moibean; or OF. mappe a napkin (see {Map}, {Napkin}).]
   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.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. A fair where servants are hired. [Prov. Eng.]
      [1913 Webster]

   3. The young of any animal; also, a young girl; a moppet.
      [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
      [1913 Webster]

   {Mop head}.
      (a) The end of a mop, to which the thrums or rags are
          fastened.
      (b) A clamp for holding the thrums or rags of a mop.
          [U.S.]
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Mop \Mop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mopped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Mopping}.]
   To rub or wipe with a mop, or as with a mop; as, to mop a
   floor; to mop one's face with a handkerchief.
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from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)
MOP
       Maintenance Operations Protocol (DEC)
from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)
MOP
       Multiple Original Prints
from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)
MOP
       Meta Object Protocol (CLOS)
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
52 Moby Thesaurus words for "mop":
      baptize, bath, bathe, crop, douche, fleece, flush, flush out,
      gargle, grimace, head, head of hair, holystone, irrigate, lather,
      launder, lave, locks, make a face, make a mouth, mane, mat,
      mop and mow, mop up, mouth, mow, mug, pout, pull a face, rinse,
      rinse out, ritually immerse, scour, scrub, scrub up, shag, shampoo,
      shock, shower, sluice, sluice out, soap, sponge, swab, syringe,
      thatch, toivel, tresses, tub, wash, wash out, wash up
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