Mop, v. i. To make a wry
mouth. [Obs.] Shak.
Mop, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Mopped (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Mopping.] 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.
Mop (?), n. [See Mope.] A
made-up face; a grimace. "What mops and mowes it makes!"
Beau. & Fl.
Mop, n. [CF. W. mop,
mopa, Ir. moipal, Gael. moibeal, moibean;
or OF. mappe a napkin (see Map, Napkin).]
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. A fair where servants are hired.
[Prov. Eng.]
3. 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.]