"mop" Definition

Definitions for the word "mop" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
1 bundle of yarn or cloth or a sponge on the end of a stick, for cleaning floors etc. 2 similarly-shaped implement for various purposes. 3 thick mass of hair. 4 mopping or being mopped (gave it a mop). v. (-pp-) 1 wipe or clean with or as with a mop. 2 a wipe tears or sweat etc. From (one''s face etc.). B wipe away (tears etc.). mop up 1 wipe up with or as with a mop. 2 colloq. Absorb. 3 dispatch; make an end of. 4 a complete the occupation of (a district etc.) By capturing or killing enemy troops left there. B capture or kill (stragglers). [origin uncertain]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
2. slang
a hiring place (or fair) for servants. Steps are often “about to be taken” to put down these assemblies, which have been proved to be greatly detrimental to the morality of the poor. They are supposed to contribute largely to the bastardy percentages.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
3. slang
an habitual drunkard. Also a period of intoxication. “To be on the MOP” is to be on the drink from day to day—to be perpetually “stale drunk.”
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864

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