mop

Meanings

Plural: mops

Noun

cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors
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.
A dense head of hair.
An annual fair where servants were historically hired.
A tassel worn in a buttonhole to indicate ones occupation in such a fair.
A firearm particularly if it has a large magazine (compare broom, but still can be related to MP)
Fellatio.
A squeezable high-flow paint marker with an extra-wide felt or foam tip.
A row of ropes dragged along the seabed for catching starfish.
A drunkard.
The young of any animal.
A young girl; a moppet.
A made-up face; a grimace.

Verb

to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop
- "Mop the hallway now"
- "He mopped her forehead with a towel"
make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip
- "mop and mow"
To rub, scrub, clean or wipe with a mop, or as if with a mop.
To shoplift.
To make a wry expression with the mouth.

Origin / Etymology

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, nape, and nappe.

Synonyms

firearm, gat, gun, iron, mop up, mow, piece, pout, swab, swob, wipe up

Scrabble Score: 7

mop is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
mop is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
mop is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

mop is a valid Words With Friends word