What does "mop" mean?
Mop: 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.
Additional senses
- 2.A fair where servants are hired. [Prov. Eng.]
- 3.The young of any animal; also, a young girl; a moppet. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. 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.]
- 4.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.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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