MOP

n. v.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

A made-up face; a grimace. "What mops and mowes it makes!" Beau. & Fl.

2.
v.

To make a wry mouth. [Obs.] Shak.

3.
n.

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.

4.
n.

A fair where servants are hired. [Prov. Eng.]

5.
n.

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.]

6.
v.

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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