Mop

Definitions

1. Alternative letter-case form of MOP (“means of production”).
   Marxism, alt-of
2. GBU-57; Acronym of Massive Ordnance Penetrator.
   US
3. The young of any animal.
   British, dialectal, obsolete
4. An implement for washing floors or similar, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle.
   countable, uncountable
5. Alternative letter-case form of MOP (“mode of production”).
   Marxism, alt-of
6. A wash with a mop; the act of mopping.
   countable, uncountable
7. Initialism of means of production.
   Marxism, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
8. A young girl; a moppet.
   British, dialectal, obsolete
9. A dense head of hair.
   countable, humorous, uncountable
10. Initialism of mode of production.
    Marxism, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
11. A made-up face; a grimace.
12. An annual fair where servants were historically hired.
    British, West-Midlands, countable, dialectal, uncountable
13. Initialism of method of payment.
    Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
14. A tassel worn in a buttonhole to indicate ones occupation in such a fair.
    British, countable, obsolete, uncountable
15. Initialism of muriate of potash.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, obsolete
16. A firearm particularly if it has a large magazine (compare broom, but still can be related to MP)
    Multicultural-London-English, countable, slang, uncountable
17. Fellatio.
    slang, uncountable
18. A squeezable high-flow paint marker with an extra-wide felt or foam tip.
    countable, uncountable
19. A row of ropes dragged along the seabed for catching starfish.
    countable, uncountable
20. A drunkard.
    countable, slang, uncountable

Equivalents

31 more languages

العربيةالممسحةممسحة

Беларускаяшвабра

Bosanskimapa

Catalàxolla

Ελληνικάσφουγγαρίζωσφουγγαρίστραφλόκκος

Esperantoŝvabriŝvabrilo

Euskaralanbas

Suomihiuskuontaloluututamopatamoppi+ 1 more

Gaeilgemapastothstraillestrailleán+ 1 more

Gàidhligsguab

עבריתסְחָבָהסמרטוט

हिन्दीपोछापोछा लगाना

Hrvatskimapa

Magyarfelmosfelmosófelmosórongyhajtincs+ 1 more

Հայերենպոլի փեդ

Íslenskamoppaþvegillþvo

Italianodare lo spazzolonelavapavimentilavaremocioredazzaripassare con lo spazzoloneripulirescopa a filaccescopinospazzolonezazzera+ 8 more

日本語モップ

ქართულიშვაბრა

한국어걸레대걸레마포자루 걸레+ 1 more

Nederlandsdekzwabbermopzwabber

Polskimop

Portuguêsesfregão

Русскийшвабра

Shqipshtupë

Српскиmapa

Svenskamoppmoppa

Kiswahilideki

ไทยไม้ถูบ้าน

Tagaloglampaso

Türkçepaspaspaspaslamak

Examples

“He gave the floor a quick mop to soak⟳ up the spilt juice.”

“He ran a comb through his mop and hurried out the door.”

“I means to goo to th' mop, 'er sez, fur I waants a chahinge.[…]'T wuz to w:Muckley mop 'er went.”

“The Mop Fairs attracted the attention of moralists. The hiring system was seen as a means to acquire⟳ girls for prostitution; although there is no evidence that this occurred in Stratford, where girls plying for hire⟳ were generally accompanied by their formidable mothers.”

“Mop Fairs: Today's annual events are the modern version of the old hiring fairs, where people attended seeking employment or to change⟳ it. They are named after the practice of hopefully skilled employees carrying tassels, known as mops, in their buttonholes indicating their occupation. Those who had no trade⟳ carried a mop head. At the end⟳ of the following week, they could change⟳ employers or employees, at what was called the Runaway Mop.”

“Mainstream in this ting but I'm fully on opps Got shot with a mop but that boy never dropped”

“Had his thot give⟳ me mop in the back of my Bimmer”

“Left his pa's farm and is now working at the city water works. Some say⟳ he's got to drink⟳ 'cause he works with blue vitriol and that kind of stuff. He was a drunken mop always.”

“What mops and mowes it makes! --”

“Before you can say⟳ 'Come⟳' and 'Go,' And breathe⟳ twice; and cry⟳ 'so, so,' Each one, tripping on his toe, Will be here with mop and mow.”

“The MOP — a 30,000-pound bomb with 6,000 pounds of explosives — was designed for “reaching and destroying our adversaries’ weapons of mass destruction located in well-protected facilities,” according to a fact sheet from the US Air Force⟳.”

“Item: TWICELAND Fantasy Park⟳ Photobook (Sealed) / Price: 800 pesos only / DOP: PAYO / MOD: SCO or GGX / MOP: BPI or Gcash”

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