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Noun: mopping  mó-ping
  1. Cleaning with a mop
    "he gave it a good mopping";
    - swabbing
Verb: mop (mopped,mopping)  móp
  1. Wipe to make clean or soak up liquid
    "Mop the hallway now"; "He mopped her forehead with a towel"; "mop up the hallway now";
    - wipe up, mop up
     
  2. [archaic] Make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip
    "mop and mow";
    - pout, mow [archaic]

Derived forms: moppings

Type of: absorb, draw, grimace, imbibe, make a face, pull a face, scouring, scrub, scrubbing, soak up, sop up, suck, suck up, take in, take up

Encyclopedia: Mopping

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