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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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 .
Noun
mop (countable and uncountable , plural mops )
Commercial mops (sense 1)
Starfish mop (sense 8)
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) , 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
Descendants
Translations
implement for washing floors
Albanian: shtupë (sq) f
Arabic: مِمْسَحَة f ( mimsaḥa )
Hijazi Arabic: مِمْسَحَة f ( mimsaḥa )
Moroccan Arabic: جفّافة f ( jaffāfa )
Armenian: պոլի փեդ ( poli pʻed ) ( non-standard )
Basque: lanbas
Belarusian: шва́бра f ( švábra )
Bulgarian: подочиста́чка f ( podočistáčka )
Catalan: pal de fregar m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 拖把 (zh) ( tuōbǎ )
Czech: mop m
Dutch: zwabber (nl) , dekzwabber (nl) m , mop (nl) m
Esperanto: ŝvabrilo
Finnish: moppi (fi)
French: serpillière (fr) f , ( Quebec ) vadrouille (fr) f , ( Quebec ) moppe (fr) f , torchon (fr) ( Belgium )
Galician: fregona (gl) f
Georgian: შვაბრა ( švabra )
German: ( for dry mopping ) Mopp (de) m ; ( for wet mopping ) Wischmopp (de) m ; ( with fibres ) Schrubber (de) m ; ( with a cloth ) Aufnehmer (de) m ( regional )
Greek: σφουγγαρίστρα (el) f ( sfoungarístra )
Hebrew: סְחָבָה (he) f ( skhavá )
Hungarian: felmosórongy (hu) , felmosó (hu) , mop (hu)
Icelandic: moppa (is) f , þvegill (is) m
Ido: swabro (io)
Irish: mapa m , strailleán m
Italian: lavapavimenti m , spazzolone m , scopino (it) m
Japanese: モップ (ja) ( moppu )
Korean: 대걸레 (ko) ( daegeolle ) , 자루 걸레 ( jaru geolle )
Maori: mapu
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: mopp m
Nynorsk: mopp m
Old English: please add this translation if you can
Oromo: foksoo
Persian: please add this translation if you can
Polish: mop (pl) m
Portuguese: esfregão (pt) m
Russian: шва́бра (ru) f ( švábra )
Scottish Gaelic: sguab f
Spanish: chascona (es) f ( Chile ) , coleto (es) m ( Venezuela, especially colloquial usage ) , fregona (es) f ( Spain ) , lampazo (es) m ( Argentina, Nicaragua, Northwestern Venezuela ) , mapo (es) m ( Puerto Rico ) , mechudo m ( Mexico ) , mocho (es) m ( Eastern Spain ) , mopa (es) f ( Venezuela, especially commercial usage ) , palo de trapear m ( Cuba ) , suape m ( Dominican Republic ) , trapeador (es) m ( Central America, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru ) , trapero (es) m ( Colombia ) , palopiso m ( Costa Rica )
Swedish: mopp (sv) c
Tagalog: lampaso
Thai: ไม้ถูบ้าน (th) ( máai tŏo bâan )
Turkish: paspas (tr) , mop (tr)
Ukrainian: шва́бра f ( švábra )
Vietnamese: cán lau nhà
Walloon: loke a rlocter (wa) f , drap d' måjhon (wa) m , wite (wa) f , såpire (wa) f
Welsh: mop m
References
( drunkard ) : 1873 , John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
Verb
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.
( 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
Translations
to rub, scrub, clean or wipe with a mop, or as if with a mop
Bulgarian: бърша с моп ( bǎrša s mop )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 拖 ( to1 )
Esperanto: ŝvabri (eo)
Finnish: mopata (fi) , luututa (fi)
French: serpiller (fr)
German: moppen (de) , nass wischen
Greek: σφουγγαρίζω (el) ( sfoungarízo )
Hungarian: felmos (hu) , feltöröl (hu) , felsúrol (hu)
Icelandic: skúra , moppa (is) , skrúbba , þvo (is)
Ido: swabragar (io)
Italian: lavare (it) , ripulire (it) , dare lo spazzolone , ripassare con lo spazzolone
Maori: mapu
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian: mopp
Spanish: fregar (es) , trapear (es) , bayetear ( Cuba )
Swahili: deki (sw)
Swedish: moppa (sv)
Turkish: paspaslamak (tr) , paspas atmak , paspas çekmek
Etymology 2
From Middle English moppe ( “ fool, simpleton; derisive gesture; child, baby, doll ” ) , of obscure origin, but compare Proto-West Germanic *mauwu ( “ pout, protruding lip ” ) .
Compare Low German mop , mops ( “ simpleton; pugnosed dog ” ) , Dutch mop , mops ( “ pugnosed dog ” ) , and the verb mope .
Noun
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 Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC , :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
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 Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC , :Flibbertigibbet,[is scared of]moping and mowing , who since possesses chambermaids and waiting-women
1904 , Stanley J. Weyman , “XII. The Peasants' Camp”, in The Abbess of Vlaye :There were women and children as well as men in the place, and all, ragged and half naked, mopped and mowed at the passers, or, leaping to their feet, defied them with unspeakable words and gestures.
Derived terms
References
( fair where servants are hired ) : 1873 , John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
Anagrams
Cameroon Pidgin
Pronunciation
Noun
mop
mouth
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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
mop m (plural moppen , diminutive mopje n )
a joke , jest
Synonyms: grap , grol , fattoe
a tune , melody
a type of cookie
( endearing , often in the diminutive) a woman or girl
( obsolete ) a brick
Usage notes
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
Descendants
References
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English mop .
Noun
mop m (plural mops , diminutive mopje n )
a mop (an implement for washing floors, etc.)
Synonyms: zwabber , dekzwabber
Descendants
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
mop
inflection of moppen :
first-person singular present indicative
(in case of inversion ) second-person singular present indicative
imperative
French
Pronunciation
Noun
mop f (plural mops )
Alternative form of moppe
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch mop ( “ joke, jest ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
mop (plural mop -mop , first-person possessive mopku , second-person possessive mopmu , third-person possessive mopnya )
joke , jest
Synonym: lelucon
Further reading
Polish
mop
Etymology
Borrowed from English mop .
Pronunciation
Noun
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
Derived terms
Further reading
mop in Wielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
mop in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from English mop .
Noun
mop n (plural mopuri )
mop ( an implement for washing floors )
Declension