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  • 21mop — [map] 1. n. a drinking bout. □ She is off somewhere on another mop. □ This mop lasted about a day and a half. 2. n. a heavy drinker; a drunkard. □ The guy’s a mop. There is nothing you can do till he decides he’s had enough …

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  • 22mop — 1. noun /mɒp,mɑp/ a) 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. He ran a comb through his mop and hurried out the door. b) A dense head of hair …

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  • 23mop — {{11}}mop (n.) late 15c., mappe bundle of yarn, etc., fastened to the end of a stick for cleaning or spreading pitch on a ship s decks, from Walloon (Fr.) mappe napkin, from L. mappa napkin (see MAP (Cf. map) (n.)). Modern spelling by 1660s. Of… …

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  • 24mop — [mɒp] noun [C] I 1) an object that has a long handle and is used for washing floors 2) a lot of thick untidy hair II verb mop [mɒp] 1) [I/T] to wash a floor using a mop 2) [T] to wipe SWEAT from your face with a cloth when you are very hot or ill …

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  • 25mop-headed — adjective (of trees) having a bushy top without a leader mop headed cabbage palms • Similar to: ↑branchy * * * ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective : having a bushy top used especially of a tree without a leader mop headed cabbage palms American Guide Series …

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  • 26mop — mop1 noun 1》 an implement consisting of a bundle of thick loose strings or a sponge attached to a handle, used for wiping floors.     ↘an act of wiping with a mop. 2》 a thick mass of disordered hair. verb (mops, mopping, mopped) 1》 wipe or soak… …

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  • 27mop — n 1. swab, swabber, sponge mop; duster, dust mop, dry mop. 2.Slang. crop, mass, mat, thatch; head of hair, shock, shag, mane, crine. v 3. swab, scrub, wash, sponge, wipe, clean; dust, whisk, sweep …

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  • 28hair — noun 1) her thick black hair Syn: locks, curls, ringlets, mane, mop; shock of hair, head of hair; tresses 2) I like your hair Syn: hairstyle, haircut, cut, coiffure; inform …

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  • 29mop — Synonyms and related words: baptize, bath, bathe, crop, douche, fleece, flush, flush out, gargle, grimace, head, head of hair, holystone, irrigate, lather, launder, lave, locks, make a face, make a mouth, mane, mat, mop and mow, mop up, mouth,… …

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  • 30hair — n 1. filament, thread, fiber, fibril, fibrilla, Bot. villus, bristle. 2.(all of humans) locks, tresses, curls, ringlets; crine, head of hair, Sl. mane; thatch, shock, Sl. mop; bangs, fringe of hair; down, fuzz, fluff, soft or fine hairs; whisker …

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