Synonyms for mop

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : mop

Phonetic Transcription : mɒp

Top 10 synonyms for mop

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Définition of mop

Origin : late 15c., mappe "bundle of yarn, etc., fastened to the end of a stick for cleaning or spreading pitch on a ship's decks," from Walloon (French) mappe "napkin," from Latin mappa "napkin" (see map (n.)). Modern spelling by 1660s. Of hair, from 1847.

noun tangle of material, often used to
noun thick mass of hair
verb clean by using water and cloth

Example sentences :

She then planted the comb in my mop of hair and tore out a handful of it.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

You're in the middle of a puddle now, but when you get over dreaming I'd like to mop it up.
Extract from : « Tom Swift and his Electric Runabout » by Victor Appleton

Mop died of old age and of a complication of diseases, in the spring of 1892.
Extract from : « A Boy I Knew and Four Dogs » by Laurence Hutton

Mop had absolutely no sense of fear or of animal proportions.
Extract from : « A Boy I Knew and Four Dogs » by Laurence Hutton

But there he was, and the society which a good man founded saw not Mop that day.
Extract from : « A Boy I Knew and Four Dogs » by Laurence Hutton

He pulled a handkerchief from his pocket to mop his brow, which had grown damp.
Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini

The mop flapped about her chair legs, the water splashed the stove.
Extract from : « The Twins of Suffering Creek » by Ridgwell Cullum

Finally he wrung out his mop and stood it outside the door in the sun.
Extract from : « The Twins of Suffering Creek » by Ridgwell Cullum

Ye'll have to cut that mop and settle down like a woman should.
Extract from : « Tess of the Storm Country » by Grace Miller White

It will then be possible to mop up a little more of the rinsing liquid.
Extract from : « On Laboratory Arts » by Richard Threlfall

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