• (RP) IPA: /mɒp/
• (America) IPA: /mɑp/

mop (plural mops)

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.
2. (humorous) A dense head of hair.

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

3. (British, dialect) A fair where servants are hired.
4. (British, dialect) The young of any animal; also, a young girl; a moppet.
5. A made-up face; a grimace.
   • (Can we date this quote?), Francis Beaumont; John Fletcher, “The Pilgrim”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: Printed for Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, OCLC 3083972 ↗, Act 4, scene 2:

     What mops and mowes it makes! --

   • 1610, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, act 4 scene 1

     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.

• French: serpillière, (Quebec) vadrouille, (Quebec) mop, torchon (Belgium)
• German: i chiefly with thrums Mopp; i with fibres Schrubber; i with a cloth Aufnehmer i regional
• Italian: lavapavimenti, spazzolone, scopino
• Portuguese: esfregão
• Russian: шва́бра

• French: grimace

• French: tignasse
• Italian: zazzera

mop (mops, present participle mopping; past and past participle mopped)

1. (transitive) To rub, scrub, clean or wipe with a mop, or as if with a mop.

   to mop (or scrub) a floor

   to mop one's face with a handkerchief

   I mop up the skeavy puddles of buai pekpek left by inconsiderate D bags who chew betelnut but don't look for a rubbish bin to spit the pekpek in.

2. (intransitive) To make a wry expression with the mouth.

• German: moppen
• Italian: lavare, ripulire, dare lo spazzolone, ripassare con lo spazzolone
• Spanish: fregar

mop (plural mops)

1. (US, military) GBU-57; Acronym of Massive Ordnance Penetrator

• MOAB massive ordnance airburst (GBU-43)