mopping

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒpɪŋ

Verb

mopping

1. present participle and gerund of mop

Noun

mopping (plural moppings)

1. The process of cleaning with a mop.
   • 2013, Evelyn I. Funda, Weeds: A Farm Daughter's Lament, page 32:

     Even as it buckled over the years and the nail heads at the edges popped up and rusted from repeated moppings, that floor symbolized her unyielding independence.

2. An application of molten asphalt to a roof etc.

Translations

process of cleaning with a mop

• Esperanto: ŝvabradi
• French: serpillage m

application of molten asphalt

See also

• hot-mop

Anagrams

• pomping