mop

[US]/mɒp/
[UK]/mɑːp/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. wipe dry; clean with a mop
vi. clean the floor with a mop
n. fluffy hair; a tool for cleaning floors; a silly face

Phrases & Collocations

mop the floor

Example Sentences

a mop of unruly hair.

he aims to mop up corruption.

He’s been moping about all day.

You spend too much time moping around the house.

the floor was too dirty for the mop to make much impression.

her tousled mop of blonde hair.

a barmaid rushed forward to mop up the spilt beer.

no use moping—things could be worse.

her untameable mop of thick black hair.

He has been moping all day.

moping about his illness;

"Since you've spilt the milk, you'll have to mop it up."

The housemaid comes to mop our kitchen floor twice a week.

The houseboy comes to mop our kitchen floor twice a week.

He moped about because he wasn’t invited to the party.

Pots, pans, kettles and mops are kitchen utensils.

Their thirst for reinvention saw the elegantly quiffed Hamburg rockers become the mop-topped fab four, hippy harbingers of sexual liberation and, eventually, druggy psychedelic visionaries.

I often get 102.9 MOP for each 100 HKD over there. (Wait, my dear chancellor Mr Lee, is this business profitable?) Make sure replacing all the Macau Pataca notes before you leave.

Real-world Examples

You're mopping the floor with a mop.

Source: Engvid Super Teacher Selection

There's gotta be a mop around here somewhere.

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 5

You can mop the floor with a mop.

Source: Engvid Super Teacher Selection

Do you come with your own mop?

Source: Lost Girl Season 2

Good thing you brought the mop.

Source: Person of Interest Season 5

" Really grand! " He mopped his face.

Source: Brave New World

What? It just has a mop and some floor wax in it.

Source: Rick and Morty Season 1 (Bilingual)

Stroeve stopped again and mopped his face.

Source: The Moon and Sixpence (Condensed Version)

Well, she really does look like someone who just broke her mop.

Source: Modern Family - Season 08

A mop is what you use with water to clean a floor.

Source: Lucy’s Day in ESL

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