1. mop - Noun
2. mop - Verb
To make a wry mouth.
An implement for washing floors, or the like, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle.
A fair where servants are hired.
The young of any animal; also, a young girl; a moppet.
To rub or wipe with a mop, or as with a mop; as, to mop a floor; to mop one's face with a handkerchief.
Source: Webster's dictionaryI got in a fight one time with a really big guy, and he said, "I'm going to mop the floor with your face." I said, "You'll be sorry." He said, "Oh, yeah? Why?" I said, "Well, you won't be able to get into the corners very well." Emo Philips
It's no use crying over spilt evils. It's better to mop them up laughing. Eleanor Farjeon
If we can't alter the tide of events, at least we can be nearby with towels to mop up. Peter David
NGOs have a complicated space in neoliberal politics. They are supposed to mop up the anger. Even when they are doing good work, they are supposed to maintain the status quo. They are the missionaries of the corporate world. Arundhati Roy
If they had told me I was the janitor and would have to mop up and clean the toilets after the show in order to play, I probably would have done it. Bruce Springsteen
The broom wasn't as comforting as a flamethrower would have been, but it was better than a mop and certainly more threatening than a feather duster. Dean Koontz