Definition of "mop" []

• A household implement made of absorbent material attached to a typically long handle and used for washing, dusting, or drying floors. (noun)
• A loosely tangled bunch or mass: a mop of unruly hair. (noun)
• To wash or wipe with or as if with a mop: mopped the hallway; mopping the spilled water; mopped her forehead with a towel. (verb-transitive)
• To use a mop to wash or dry surfaces: mopped along the baseboards. (verb-intransitive)
• Mop up To clear (an area) of remaining enemy troops after a victory. (phrasal-verb)

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• "I brings a mop – *mop mop mop* – an tucks yor brayns bak in."
• "*slaps fayc gently with orinj pawz* Heer, we kleens up teh brayns, old-fashuned style, with a mop. *mop mop mop* *Sqweegee, sqweegee* *mop mop mop*"
• "They're going street by street, doing what they call mop-up, making sure that any of the remaining hotspots are completely put out."