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Synonyms for mop

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : mop
Phonetic Transcription : mÉ’p

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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