mop
See also: Appendix:Variations of "mop"
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /mɒp/
- (General American) IPA(key): /mɑp/
- Rhymes: -ɒp
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Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English mappe (also as mappel), perhaps borrowed from Walloon mappe (“napkin”), from Latin mappa (“napkin, cloth”). Believed to be from a Semitic source, variously claimed as Phoenician or Punic (the latter by Quintilian). Compare Modern Hebrew מַפָּה (mapá, “a map; a cloth”) (shortened from מַנְפָּה (manpah, “fluttering banner, streaming cloth”)). Doublet of map.
Noun edit
mop (countable and uncountable, plural mops)
- 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.
- A wash with a mop; the act of mopping.
- He gave the floor a quick mop to soak up the spilt juice.
- (humorous) A dense head of hair.
- He ran a comb through his mop and hurried out the door.
- (British, dialect, obsolete) A fair where servants are hired.
- (African-American Vernacular, MLE, slang) A firearm particularly if it has a large magazine (compare broom, but still can be related to MP)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:firearm
- 2021 April 7, M24 (lyrics and music), “Plugged In”, Fumez the Engineer (music)[1], 2:16–2:19:
- Mainstream in this ting but I'm fully on opps
Got shot with a mop but that boy never dropped
- (slang, uncountable) Fellatio.
- 2019, “Laneswitch”, in True 2 Myself, performed by Lil Tjay:
- Had his thot give me mop in the back of my Bimmer
- (graffiti) A squeezable high-flow paint marker with an extra-wide felt or foam tip.
- (fishing) An row of ropes dragged along the seabed for catching starfish.
- (slang) A drunkard.
- 1931, Folk-say, page 183:
- 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.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Translations edit
implement for washing floors
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a grimace
head of hair
References edit
- (drunkard): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
Verb edit
mop (third-person singular simple present mops, present participle mopping, simple past and past participle mopped)
- (transitive) To rub, scrub, clean or wipe with a mop, or as if with a mop.
- to mop one's face with a handkerchief
- (US, slang) To shoplift.
- 2013, Martha Gever, Pratibha Parmar, John Greyson, Queer Looks, page 111:
- By “mopping” (stealing) the clothes and accessories necessary to effect their look, or by buying breasts, reconstructed noses, lifted chins, and female genitals, the children turn traditional ideas of labor around: […]
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
to rub, scrub, clean or wipe with a mop, or as if with a mop
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Etymology 2 edit
From Middle English moppe (“fool, simpleton; derisive gesture; child, baby, doll”), of obscure origin; compare Low German mop, mops (“simpleton; pugnosed dog”), Dutch mop, mops (“pugnosed dog”).
Noun edit
mop (plural mops)
- (British, dialect, obsolete) The young of any animal.
- (British, dialect, obsolete) A young girl; a moppet.
- A made-up face; a grimace.
- c. 1621, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, “The Pilgrim”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act IV, scene ii:
- What mops and mowes it makes! --
- 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
- 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.
Verb edit
mop (third-person singular simple present mops, present participle mopping, simple past and past participle mopped)
- (intransitive) To make a wry expression with the mouth.
- c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
- Flibbertigibbet,[is scared of]moping and mowing, who since possesses chambermaids and waiting-women
Derived terms edit
References edit
- (fair where servants are hired): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
Anagrams edit
Cameroon Pidgin edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mop
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
The now-obsolete sense brick, attested from the 17th century, appears to be the oldest, with the sense cookie following in the 18th century. The exact relationship between the various later senses is unclear. The ultimate origin is unclear, but possibly corrupted from mok (“mug, cup”).[1]
Noun edit
mop m (plural moppen, diminutive mopje n)
- a joke, jest
- a tune, melody
- a type of cookie
- (endearing, often in the diminutive) a woman or girl
- (obsolete) a brick
Usage notes edit
- The use as an affectionate term of address is often as a diminutive, and specifically in the non-standard form moppie. The standard diminutive mopje is never used for this sense.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “mop2”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
mop m (plural mops, diminutive mopje n)
- a mop (an implement for washing floors, etc.)
- Synonyms: zwabber, dekzwabber
Descendants edit
- → Papiamentu: mòp
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
mop
- inflection of moppen:
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mop f (plural mops)
- Alternative form of moppe
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mop m inan or m animal
- mop (implement for washing floors or similar, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle)
- Hypernym: szczotka
Declension edit
Declension of mop
Derived terms edit
verbs
- mopować impf
Further reading edit
Romanian edit
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Noun edit
mop n (plural mopuri)
- mop (an implement for washing floors)