mop

Etymology 1

From Middle English mappe (also as mappel), perhaps borrowed from Walloon mappe (“napkin”), from Latin mappa (“napkin, cloth”). Believed to be from a Semitic source, variously claimed as Phoenician or Punic (the latter by Quintilian). Compare Modern Hebrew מַפָּה (mapá, “a map; a cloth”) (shortened from מַנְפָּה (manpah, “fluttering banner, streaming cloth”)). More at map.

noun

1. An implement for washing floors or similar, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle.
2. A wash with a mop; the act of mopping.
   He gave the floor a quick mop to soak up the spilt juice.
3. (humorous) A dense head of hair.
   He ran a comb through his mop and hurried out the door.
4. (Britain, dialect, obsolete) A fair where servants are hired.
5. (African-American Vernacular, MLE, slang) A firearm particularly if it has a large magazine (compare broom, but still can be related to MP)
   Mainstream in this ting but I'm fully on opps Got shot with a mop but that boy never dropped 07-04-2021, M24 (lyrics and music), “Plugged In”, Fumez the Engineer (music), 2:16–2:19
6. (slang) Fellatio
   Had his thot give me mop in the back of my Bimmer 2019, “Laneswitch”, in True 2 Myself, performed by Lil Tjay

verb

1. (transitive) To rub, scrub, clean or wipe with a mop, or as if with a mop.
   to mop (or scrub) a floor
   to mop one's face with a handkerchief
2. (US, slang) To shoplift.
   By “mopping” (stealing) the clothes and accessories necessary to effect their look, or by buying breasts, reconstructed noses, lifted chins, and female genitals, the children turn traditional ideas of labor around: […] 2013, Martha Gever, Pratibha Parmar, John Greyson, Queer Looks, page 111

Etymology 2

From Middle English moppe (“fool, simpleton; derisive gesture; child, baby, doll”), of obscure origin; compare Low German mop, mops (“simpleton; pugnosed dog”), Dutch mop, mops (“pugnosed dog”).

noun

1. (Britain, dialect, obsolete) The young of any animal.
2. (Britain, dialect, obsolete) A young girl; a moppet.
3. A made-up face; a grimace.

verb

1. (intransitive) To make a wry expression with the mouth.